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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2005, 6:04 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Big Lake, MN | |
| Sep 21, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Big Lake, MN | SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED. |
| Sep 21, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Big Lake, MN | ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGED. |
| Sep 21, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Becker, MN | |
| Sep 21, 6:36 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Big Lake, MN | FELL FOR 8 MINUTES |
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, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 212304 TORMPX MNC141-171-212345- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0063.050921T2304Z-050921T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 604 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 602 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR CLEARWATER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLEARWATER... HASTY... SILVER CREEK... ENFIELD... BECKER... BIG LAKE... MONTICELLO... 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 4555 9412 4531 9401 4531 9360 4555 9364 $$ 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, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 61 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 |
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.