Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2005, 9:28 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin; Dakota County, Goodhue County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2005, 10:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Washington County, MN, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 180228 SVRMPX MNC037-049-163-WIC093-109-180300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0218.050718T0228Z-050718T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 928 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUDSON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZUMBROTA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE TO 59 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROBERTS BY 935 PM CDT HAMMOND AND ELLSWORTH BY 940 PM CDT BALDWIN BY 945 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 4512 9289 4426 9303 4424 9260 4511 9226 $$ BERDES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 180246 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 946 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 MNC037-049-163-WIC093-109-180300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-050718T0300Z/ WASHINGTON MN-DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 946 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PIERCE...ST. CROIX...GOODHUE...DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 944 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROBERTS TO WANAMINGO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 56 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE TO 62 MILES NORTH OF NORTHWOOD... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... RED WING BY 955 PM CDT HAMMOND BY 1000 PM CDT MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4512 9289 4426 9303 4424 9260 4511 9226 $$ BERDES
000 WWUS53 KMPX 180302 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1002 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 MNC037-049-163-WIC093-109-180312- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-050718T0300Z/ WASHINGTON MN-DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 1002 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE...ST. CROIX... GOODHUE...DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1000 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4512 9289 4426 9303 4424 9260 4511 9226 $$ KFM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 20 min |
| Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.