Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 7, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Paynesville, MN | ALSO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 080101 SVRMPX MNC145-080145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0213.050708T0059Z-050708T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 759 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 758 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAYNESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSCOE... PAYNESVILLE... ST MARTIN... LAKE HENRY... STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 080119 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 819 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005 MNC145-080145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050708T0145Z/ STEARNS MN- 819 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY... AT 814 PM...HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED IN PAYNESVILLE... ACCORDING TO BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A TRAINED SPOTTER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER PAYNESVILLE. IF ANYTHING... IT WAS DRIFTING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO TO BE EXPECTED. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSCOE...LAKE HENRY... AND ST MARTIN. REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476 $$ TDK
000 WWUS53 KMPX 080131 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 830 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005 MNC145-080145- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050708T0145Z/ STEARNS MN- 830 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 828 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM NEAR PAYNESVILLE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...NOR WAS IT PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT DID PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN PAYNESVILLE AT 814 PM. LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476 $$ TDK
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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.