Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 5, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Swift County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 060159 SVRMPX MNC151-060300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0010.050406T0158Z-050406T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 857 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR ABOUT OVER BENSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DE GRAFF. KERKHOVEN. LAT...LON 4536 9564 4518 9567 4516 9525 4539 9527 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 060209 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 907 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MNC151-060300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050406T0300Z/ SWIFT MN- 907 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY... AT 905 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF DE GRAFF. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MPH OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MURDOCK AND KERKHOVEN. LAT...LON 4536 9564 4518 9567 4516 9525 4539 9527 $$ NAISTAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 060255 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 951 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MNC151-060310- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050406T0300Z/ SWIFT MN- 951 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY... AT 950 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY WERE WEAKENING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT. EARLIER...DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 933 PM IN THE CITY OF DE GRAFF. LAT...LON 4536 9564 4518 9567 4516 9525 4539 9527 $$ NAISTAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.