Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:53 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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: Jun 13, 2005, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 378 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 140055
SVRMPX
MNC163-140200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0112.050614T0053Z-050614T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
753 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WOODBURY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ST PAUL...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.  LARGE HAIL AS BIG AS GOLF BALLS IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAKDALE...
  MAHTOMEDI...
  HUGO...
  FOREST LAKE...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4529 9297 4496 9299 4499 9285 4527 9276
      4528 9296

$$
TDK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140159
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
900 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC163-140215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050614T0200Z/
WASHINGTON MN-
900 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 
900 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAD MOVED NORTH AND EAST OUR OF WASHINGTON COUNTY... 
AND HAD ALSO WEAKENED.  THE STORMS DID PRODUCE SCATTERED TREES DOWN 
FROM OAKDALE TO FOREST LAKE...BUT THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED 
CONSIDERABLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING 
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4529 9297 4496 9299 4499 9285 4527 9276
      4528 9296

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A GREAT DEAL OF INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE MPX
CWA FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.  DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS INCREASING
FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL IOWA ON THE SPC
HOURLY MESOANALYSIS PAGE...A REFLECTION OF UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM
ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF A NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH AND EJECTING
NORTHWARD TOWARD OR AREA.  CAPE BUILDUP HAS BEEN SLOW
TODAY...REFLECTING CLOUD COVER FROM CONVECTION THAT PASSED THROUGH
EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT VERY HIGH VALUES OF 0-3 KM CAPE (I.E.
100-150J/KG) CAN BE SEEN WORKING NORTHWARD UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY (AGAIN SPC PAGE) AS WELL AS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA (ALSO 100-150 J/KG).  0-1 KM BULK SHEAR AND 0-3 KM VGP
PARAMETERS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH...BUT BOTH RUC40 AND NAM40 ARE
FORECASTING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SAME THROUGH 00 GMT. FIRING
CONVECTION WILL NO DOUBT INCREASE 0-1 KM BULK SHEAR AS OUTFLOW FROM
FIRING STORMS BACKS THE WIND FIELD DUE TO SAGGING OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES. SURFACE LOW HAS VERY LOW CNTRAL PRESSURE FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR...SO THE SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY FOR THIS EVENT SUGGESTS A
SIGNIFICANT TORNADO RISK (I.E. F2 AND ABOVE STRENGTH). WE WILL STAY
WITH THE FLOOD WATCH OVER OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES...BUT BEST
DEFORMATION ZONE LIFTING HAS PROGRESSED NORTH AND WEST OF THESE
COUNTIES AS SEEN ON MOISTURE CHANNEL LOOP.

REMAINDER OF GRIDS REFLECT MOVING PRECIPITATION EASTWARD OUT OF
MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT AND OUT OF OUR WISCONSIN COUNTIES BY NOON
WEDNESDAY.

LONGER TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
LAST FEW RUNS OF THE GFS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ON SLOWLY BUILDING
WARM UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CWA FOR THIS PERIOD. GIVEN RUN TO RUN
CONTINUITY...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A WARM DRY PERIOD. THIS WAS
ALREADY INDICATED ON THE MID SHIFT...SO ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO
EXISTING GRIDS. MIN MAX TEMPERATURES ARE CONSISTENT WITH 13/00Z MEX
GUIDANCE.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MN...FLOOD WATCH...W CNTRL MN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
.WI...NONE.

&&

WET/NAISTAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:55 AM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065-066-068-073-141100-
ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-MCLEOD-
MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-
WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-141100-
CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

BY DAWN TUESDAY BETWEEN ONE AND ONE QUARTER AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO
BENSON TO GRANITE FALLS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD CAUSE
CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. PONDING OF WATER IS
ALSO POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES
ALONG AREA ROADS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF BENSON. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WIZ014>016-023>028-141100-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX-
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LARGE HAIL...
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MNZ067-069-070-074>078-082>085-091>093-141100-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-
NICOLLET-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN-
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NAISTAT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
614 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     HAIL             NEW PRAGUE              44.55N 93.57W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:06 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
706 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     HAIL             PRIOR LAKE              44.73N 93.43W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0702 PM     HAIL             ST PAUL                 44.95N 93.10W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
741 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0722 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0730 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0652 PM     HAIL             NEW ULM                 44.31N 94.46W
06/13/2005  0.88 INCH        BROWN              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0658 PM     TORNADO          3 NW MILTONA            46.08N 95.34W
06/13/2005                   DOUGLAS            MN   PUBLIC

            LARGE TORNADO AND GETTTING LARGER.

0702 PM     HAIL             ST PAUL                 44.95N 93.10W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0712 PM     TORNADO          WATSON                  45.01N 95.80W
06/13/2005                   CHIPPEWA           MN   PUBLIC

0715 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     11 N MONTEVIDEO         45.11N 95.72W
06/13/2005                   CHIPPEWA           MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0722 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0730 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AJZ

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:51 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
751 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0738 PM     HAIL             WOODBURY                44.91N 92.92W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        WASHINGTON         MN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
752 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 PM     HAIL             REDWOOD FALLS           44.54N 95.11W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        REDWOOD            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0605 PM     HAIL             NEW PRAGUE              44.55N 93.57W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0608 PM     HAIL             NEW PRAGUE              44.55N 93.57W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0642 PM     HAIL             PRIOR LAKE              44.73N 93.43W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTT              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0644 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 N WANDA               44.34N 95.21W
06/13/2005                   REDWOOD            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0644 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 SE WABASSO            44.38N 95.23W
06/13/2005                   REDWOOD            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0652 PM     HAIL             NEW ULM                 44.31N 94.46W
06/13/2005  0.88 INCH        BROWN              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0658 PM     TORNADO          3 NW MILTONA            46.08N 95.34W
06/13/2005                   DOUGLAS            MN   PUBLIC

            LARGE TORNADO AND GETTTING LARGER.

0702 PM     HAIL             ST PAUL                 44.95N 93.10W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0712 PM     TORNADO          WATSON                  45.01N 95.80W
06/13/2005                   CHIPPEWA           MN   PUBLIC

0715 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     11 N MONTEVIDEO         45.11N 95.72W
06/13/2005                   CHIPPEWA           MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0722 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0730 PM     HAIL             VADNAIS HEIGHTS         45.06N 93.07W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0738 PM     HAIL             WOODBURY                44.91N 92.92W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        WASHINGTON         MN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

AJZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	60 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	65 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison	47 min
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Ramsey	26 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	53 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	50 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	60 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	43 min
Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	48 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	45 min
Jun 13, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	60 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	66 min
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Douglas	4 hr
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice, Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	33 min
Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.