Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2005, 8:47 PM CDT for Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 17, 2005, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 180149 SVRMPX MNC147-161-180245- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0217.050718T0147Z-050718T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 847 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 831 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASECA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OWATONNA... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4418 9347 4386 9364 4386 9307 4418 9306 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 180217 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 917 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 MNC147-161-180245- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0217.000000T0000Z-050718T0245Z/ WASECA MN-STEELE MN- 917 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES... AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MEDFORD TO NEW RICHLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 51 MILES NORTH OF NORTHWOOD TO 31 MILES NORTH OF LAKE MILLS... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ELLENDALE BY 925 PM CDT MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4418 9347 4386 9364 4386 9307 4418 9306 $$ BERDES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 34 min |
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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.