Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 6:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 29, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sw Glenwood, MN | |
| Jun 29, 6:38 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Jun 29, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glenwood, MN | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 6:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Se Alexandria, MN | FOUR INCH TREE BRANCHES ON INTERSTATE 94. |
| Jun 29, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Osakis, 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 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 292315
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-153-300015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0181.050629T2314Z-050630T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
614 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 608 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 24 MILES
NORTH OF LONG PRAIRIE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENSON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GROVE LAKE...
CLARISSA...
BROWERVILLE...
PHILBROOK...
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 4610 9526 4542 9552 4542 9515 4576 9515
4634 9462 4637 9507
$$
MKM/RJN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 292335
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
MNC041-121-153-300015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-050630T0015Z/
TODD MN-DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
632 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
POPE...DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES...
AT 612 PM CDT...12 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS 4
MILES NORTHEAST OF GARFIELD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...ACCORDING TO PUBLIC
REPORTS RELAYED THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AT 632 PM... HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN STARBUCK AND GLENWOOD IN POPE COUNTY.
AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST
OF BRAINERD TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...ROSE CITY...
GROVE LAKE...CLOTHO...BELLE RIVER...VILLARD...SEDAN...OSAKIS...
NELSON...HEWITT...GLENWOOD...FORADA...EAGLE BEND...CLARISSA...
CARLOS...BROWERVILLE AND BERTHA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4610 9526 4542 9552 4542 9515 4576 9515
4634 9462 4637 9507
$$
MKM/RJNThe 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, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 63 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.