Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 4:54 AM CDT for McLeod County, Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 24, 2005, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Lafayette, MN | 1 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED. |
| Jun 24, 5:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arlington, MN | 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A SHED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 240955
SVRMPX
MNC085-103-143-241045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0142.050624T0954Z-050624T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
454 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 452 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD TO 17 MILES WEST OF GAYLORD TO 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GAYLORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON TO 19 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAYLORD...
GIBBON...
BROWNTON...
STEWART...
LAFAYETTE...
LAT...LON 4471 9462 4456 9453 4441 9461 4432 9402
4459 9400 4472 9405
$$
KAT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 241023
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005
MNC085-103-143-241045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050624T1045Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-
522 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
NICOLLET...SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES...
AT 518 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW AUBURN TO NEW AUBURN TO NEW SWEDEN...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON TO 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST PETER...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST GEORGE...RUSH RIVER...
NORSELAND...NEW ROME...FERNANDO...COATES...WINTHROP...LAFAYETTE...
GIBBON...GAYLORD AND ARLINGTON.
LAT...LON 4471 9462 4456 9453 4441 9461 4442 9403
4459 9400 4472 9405
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 15 min |
| Jun 24, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 59 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.