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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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
- Sep 21, 2005, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:56 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Willmar, MN | |
| Sep 21, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Willmar, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 212250 TORMPX MNC067-212330- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0062.050921T2250Z-050921T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 550 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR WILLMAR...OR ABOUT OVER WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KANDIYOHI... SPICER... HAWICK... WILLMAR... 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 4523 9514 4504 9519 4503 9477 4532 9482 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 212313 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 612 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 MNC067-212330- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050921T2330Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 612 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY... AT 610 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR ATWATER IN EASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY. ATWATER IS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4527 9498 4501 9497 4500 9477 4531 9479 $$ BAP
000 WWUS53 KMPX 212330 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 630 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 MNC067-212340- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050921T2330Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 630 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY. LAT...LON 4527 9498 4501 9497 4500 9477 4531 9479 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 27 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.