Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2005, 7:08 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 23 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coon Rapids, MN | SEVERAL 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED |
| Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coon Rapids, MN | SEVERAL 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED. ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Sep 21, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, MN | 50 FOOT TREE UPROOTED |
| Sep 21, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Crystal, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Sep 21, 7:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Crystal, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 78 | Crystal, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:13 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Brooklyn Park, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brooklyn Park, MN | POWER POLES SNAPPED. NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED. UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO. |
| Sep 21, 7:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | Brooklyn Park, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coon Rapids, MN | LARGE PORTION OF ROOF REMOVED...TREES BROKEN IN HALF. |
| Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | Coon Rapids, MN | LARGE PORTION OF ROOF REMOVED AND BLOWN ONTO UNIVERSITY AVENUE. MANY TREES DOWNED...INCLUDING 100 TREES DOWNED AT BUNKER HILLS GOLF COURSE. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME EASTERN COON RAPIDS AND CONTINUED INTO BLAINE. |
| Sep 21, 7:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HOUSES DAMAGED. SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED. POWER POLES TILTED OVER. |
| Sep 21, 7:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fridley, MN | |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brooklyn Center, MN | TILE RIPPED OFF ROOF. 4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | 15 INCH TREE DOWN |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HOUSE DAMAGE. SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED. |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Golden Valley, MN | 8 INCH BRANCHES DOWNED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 100 AND GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD. |
| Sep 21, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, MN | *** 1 FATAL *** LARGE TREE BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF 45 YEAR OLD MAN AND KILLED HIM ON JAMES AVENUE NORTH. MANY TREES WERE DOWNED IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. |
| Sep 21, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, MN | *** 1 FATAL *** LARGE TREE BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF VICTIM. |
| Sep 21, 7:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brooklyn Center, MN | THREE FOOT DIAMETER TREES UPROOTED...ONE ONTO HOME AT INTERSECTION OF BROOKLYN BOULEVARD AND INTERSTATE 94. |
| Sep 21, 7:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brooklyn Park, MN | LARGE TREE DOWNED |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2043 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 220008
TORMPX
MNC003-053-220100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0067.050922T0008Z-050922T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
708 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 703 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO...NEAR MAPLE GROVE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...
COON RAPIDS...
FRIDLEY...
BROOKLYN PARK...
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 4520 9342 4503 9350 4492 9329 4500 9322
4517 9327
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 53 min |
| Sep 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 53 min |
| Sep 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 58 min |
| Sep 21, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 22 min |
| Sep 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 38 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.