Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2005, 4:15 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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 21, 2005, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 210916
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-211015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0225.050721T0915Z-050721T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
415 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 414 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE EARTH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE EARTH...
MANKATO...
LAKE CRYSTAL...
WINNEBAGO...
WELLS...
GOOD THUNDER...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4413 9435 4386 9436 4386 9423 4351 9424
4351 9377 4420 9380
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 211015
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
513 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005
MNC013-043-211023-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-050721T1015Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-FARIBAULT MN-
513 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT AND BLUE EARTH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT...
AT 513 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FAR EASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY...
BUT HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED
EAST OF FARIBAULT COUNTY. HENCE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 AM.
LAT...LON 4413 9435 4386 9436 4386 9423 4351 9424
4351 9377 4420 9380
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Waseca | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.