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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 9:32 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 10:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 300233 TORMPX MNC139-300315- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0054.050630T0232Z-050630T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 932 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 929 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HELENA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HELENA... ST BENEDICT... JORDAN... MARYSTOWN... NEW PRAGUE... 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. LAT...LON 4455 9378 4455 9353 4459 9330 4475 9353 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300240 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC139-300315- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050630T0315Z/ SCOTT MN- 939 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR SCOTT COUNTY... AT 934 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF HEIDELBERG BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT 939 PM CDT...THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW PRAGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST BENEDICT...MARYSTOWN... JORDAN AND NEW PRAGUE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4455 9378 4455 9353 4459 9330 4475 9353 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300317 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1016 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC139-300326- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050630T0315Z/ SCOTT MN- 1016 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF SCOTT COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4455 9378 4455 9353 4459 9330 4475 9353 $$ 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, 7:29 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, 9:05 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, 9:35 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.