Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 4:29 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 27, 2005, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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 27, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Watkins, MN | HAIL BEGAN AS 1.5 INCH HAIL AT 410 PM AND TAPERED OFF TO 0.75 INCH HAIL BY 435 PM. HAILED FOR 25 MINUTES. |
| Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 S Watkins, MN | HAS BEEN HAILING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 410 PM CDT. |
| Jun 27, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Fairhaven, MN | |
| Jun 27, 5:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | South Haven, 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 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 272129 SVRMPX MNC093-145-171-272230- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0151.050627T2129Z-050627T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 429 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBALL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KIMBALL... SOUTH HAVEN... FAIRHAVEN... LUXEMBURG... ST AUGUSTA... HASTY... CLEARWATER... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4532 9450 4517 9437 4536 9395 4552 9421 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 272149 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 447 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNC093-145-171-272230- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050627T2230Z/ STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN- 447 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR MEEKER...WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRHAVEN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR CLEARWATER LAKE. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...SILVER CREEK... LUXEMBURG...HASTY...WATKINS...SOUTH HAVEN...KINGSTON...KIMBALL... CLEARWATER AND ANNANDALE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4530 9447 4518 9431 4531 9389 4552 9421 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 272218 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 517 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNC093-145-171-272230- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050627T2230Z/ STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN- 517 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR MEEKER...WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 513 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HASTY TO LITCHFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS ALMOST STATIONARY...ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRHAVEN...SOUTH HAVEN... KINGSTON AND KIMBALL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4509 9462 4505 9454 4535 9395 4546 9414 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 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.