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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 7:29 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2005, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wnw La Salle, MN | 15 MINUTES OF HAIL...ENDED AT 732 PM. MOSTLY PEA SIZE. |
| Jun 29, 7:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Madelia, MN | WITNESSED BY NUMEROUS SPOTTERS AND CHASERS. TORNADO WAS LAST SEEN ON THE GROUND AT 758 PM. DAMAGE REPORTED AT A FARMPLACE 3 MILES SOUTH OF HANSKA...IN WATONWAN COUNTY. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. |
| Jun 29, 7:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Madelia, MN | WITNESSED BY NUMEROUS SPOTTERS AND CHASERS. TORNADO WAS STILL REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT 758 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 300029 TORMPX MNC165-300100- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0048.050630T0029Z-050630T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 729 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 725 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...17 MILES WEST OF MADELIA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JAMES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MADELIA... DARFUR... LA SALLE... ST JAMES... GROGAN... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4410 9484 4396 9479 4403 9438 4410 9439 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 39 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.