Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 3:24 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Clear Lake, MN | |
| Jul 25, 3:59 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Silver Creek, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 252024 TORMPX MNC141-145-171-252115- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0055.050725T2024Z-050725T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 324 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 320 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR LUXEMBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST AUGUSTA... CLEARWATER... HASTY... SILVER CREEK... ENFIELD... 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 4550 9436 4532 9437 4526 9389 4554 9388 $$ KAT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 252038 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC141-145-171-252115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN- 338 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR WRIGHT... SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 337 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST AUGUSTA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SILVER CREEK...HASTY...ENFIELD AND CLEARWATER. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4549 9420 4537 9424 4526 9389 4554 9388 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 252056 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC141-145-171-252115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN- 355 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR WRIGHT... SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 354 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEARWATER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HASTY...ENFIELD...AND BECKER. 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 4550 9412 4536 9413 4534 9389 4554 9388 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 252113 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC141-145-171-252122- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN- 412 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WRIGHT...SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WRIGHT...SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SHOWING SIGNS OF STRONG ROTATION. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4550 9412 4536 9413 4534 9389 4554 9388 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.