Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 12:11 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 71 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
- Jun 20, 2005, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2005, 1:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | St Joseph, MN | |
| Jun 20, 12:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Willmar, MN | MEASURED BY WILLMAR ASOS |
| Jun 20, 12:26 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Willmar, MN | |
| Jun 20, 12:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Atwater, MN | POWER LINE KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Jun 20, 12:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 201712 SVRMPX MNC067-093-145-201815- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0126.050620T1711Z-050620T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1207 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY TO 9 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS TO 9 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILLMAR... PAYNESVILLE... LITCHFIELD... LAT...LON 4580 9448 4509 9522 4500 9458 4573 9423 $$ RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 201822 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 116 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC067-093-145-201836- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-050620T1815Z/ STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN- 116 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CDT... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1:15 PM. A THUNDERSTORM OF MODERATE STRENGTH WILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH MEEKER COUNTY THROUGH 1:40 PM AND PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STEARNS AND KANDIYOHI ARE CLEAR OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 4580 9448 4509 9522 4500 9458 4573 9423 $$ MKM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 1:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca, Watonwan | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 21 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.