Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:12 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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 29, 2005, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 29, 5:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 N Cyrus, MN | |
| Jun 29, 5:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | N Cyrus, MN | |
| Jun 29, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nw Lowry, MN | HWY 55 AND 310TH AVE |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garfield, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Garfield, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND LAKE IDA. |
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 29, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 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 292212
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-149-292315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0177.050629T2212Z-050629T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 509 PM 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 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORRIS TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...
ALEXANDRIA...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4575 9610 4542 9613 4543 9516 4578 9515
4611 9515 4611 9576 4577 9575
$$
RJN/MKM1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 292246
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
MNC041-121-149-292315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-050629T2315Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-STEVENS MN-
545 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
STEVENS...POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESESTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST
OF GLENWOOD TO 10 MILES NORTH OF BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
HANCOCK IN SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4575 9610 4542 9613 4543 9516 4578 9515
4611 9515 4611 9576 4577 9575
$$
RJN/MKMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 61 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.