Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 7:52 PM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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 27, 2005, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 280054 SVRMPX MNC085-143-280145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0168.050628T0052Z-050628T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 752 PM CDT MON JUN 27 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 * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 751 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENCOE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENCOE... LAT...LON 4471 9445 4464 9433 4476 9404 4490 9416 $$ AJZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 280128 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 820 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNC085-143-280145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-050628T0145Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 820 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES... AT 8:13 PM...HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN NEW AUBURN WITH THIS STORM. AT 818 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COATES AND GREEN ISLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE CITY OF ARLINGTON. LAT...LON 4467 9438 4457 9425 4468 9399 4483 9408 $$ AJZ
000 WWUS53 KMPX 280144 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 843 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 MNC085-143-280145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-050628T0145Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 843 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING VALID UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 839 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...OVER ARLINGTON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. . LAT...LON 4467 9438 4457 9425 4468 9399 4483 9408 $$ AJZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every 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.