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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 300205 TORMPX MNC065-095-300300- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0052.050630T0205Z-050630T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 905 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 903 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...9 MILES SOUTH OF WAHKON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAHKON... ISLE... WARMAN... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4600 9372 4589 9354 4614 9315 4617 9348 $$ MKM/RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300224 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 923 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC095-300243- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050630T0300Z/ MILLE LACS MN- 923 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL IN EFFECT FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4607 9343 4600 9343 4615 9315 4615 9342 $$ MNC065-300300- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050630T0300Z/ KANABEC MN- 923 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR KANABEC COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KANABEC COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF MORA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4607 9343 4600 9343 4615 9315 4615 9342 $$ MKM/RJN
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300259 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 958 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC065-300318- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050630T0300Z/ KANABEC MN- 958 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KANABEC COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF KANABEC COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER UNTIL 1030 PM. LAT...LON 4607 9343 4600 9343 4615 9315 4615 9342 $$ MKM/RJN
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, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 31 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, 9:14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.