Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 3, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 3:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 030739 SVRMPX MNC073-173-030830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0210.050703T0735Z-050703T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 234 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE MINNESOTA BORDER. THE STORMS WERE NEAR CLEAR LAKE AND MILBANK SOUTH DAKOTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CANBY... MADISON... BOYD... DAWSON... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. 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 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609 $$ AZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 030808 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC073-173-030830- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-050703T0830Z/ LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 305 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES... AT 303 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE LEADING EDGE WAS NEAR A MADISON TO CANBY LINE. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO POSE A HAZARD. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAWSON...ST LEO...AND BOYD. LAT...LON 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609 $$ AZ
000 WWUS53 KMPX 030825 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 324 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC073-173-030834- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-050703T0830Z/ LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 324 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609 $$ AJZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.