Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 W Pierz, MN | |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 13 S Brainerd, MN | AROUND 300 PEOPLE OUT OF POWER OVER A FEW RURAL TOWNSHIPS FROM TREES ON POWER LINES AND LIGHTNING HITTING TRANSFORMERS WITH A TOTAL OF 1,100 CUSTOMERS OUT FROM CROW WING, MORRISON, AND CASS COUNTIES. POWER WAS RESTORED BY 4AM. |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 15 S Brainerd, MN | AROUND 300 PEOPLE OUT OF POWER OVER A FEW RURAL TOWNSHIPS FROM TREES ON POWER LINES AND LIGHTNING HITTING TRANSFORMERS WITH A TOTAL OF 1,100 CUSTOMERS OUT FROM CROWWING, MORRISON, AND CASS COUNTIES. POWER WAS RESTORED BY 4AM. |
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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 300116 SVRMPX MNC097-300215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0188.050630T0115Z-050630T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 812 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 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKMAN... HILLMAN... 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 4619 9456 4582 9464 4583 9384 4614 9383 $$ RJN/MKM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300143 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 842 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC097-300215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-050630T0215Z/ MORRISON MN- 842 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MORRISON COUNTY... AT 841 M...SPOTTERS MEASURED HAIL 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER 1 MILE WEST OF PIERZ IN MORRISON COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LASTRUP...HILLMAN...AND HARDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4619 9456 4582 9464 4583 9384 4614 9383 $$ MKM/RJN
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300146 CCA SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC097-300215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-050630T0215Z/ MORRISON MN- 845 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MORRISON COUNTY... AT 841 PM...SPOTTERS MEASURED HAIL 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER 1 MILE WEST OF PIERZ IN MORRISON COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LASTRUP...HILLMAN...AND HARDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4619 9456 4582 9464 4583 9384 4614 9383 $$ MKM/RJN
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300217 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 916 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC097-300236- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-050630T0215Z/ MORRISON MN- 916 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS...LESS THAN SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 4619 9456 4582 9464 4583 9384 4614 9383 $$ MKM/RJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 39 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.