Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 8:22 AM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 7 reports 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 23, 2005, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 23, 8:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Kensington, MN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 8:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lowry, MN | GRAIN BIN DOWN |
| Jul 23, 8:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Alexandria, MN | TREE DOWN |
| Jul 23, 8:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Starbuck, MN | TREE DOWN |
| Jul 23, 9:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glenwood, MN | TREE DOWN |
| Jul 23, 9:02 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Starbuck, MN | SIXTH WAVE OF VERY STRONG WIND NOW OCCURRING ALONG LAKE PELICAN. INTENSE WIND BEGAN ABOUT 835 AM. WIND WOULD TAPER OFF SOMEWHAT BETWEEN BLASTS OF WIND. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN INCLUDING ONE ON A VEHICLE. |
| Jul 23, 9:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sedan, MN | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 23, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 231323 SVRMPX MNC041-121-231415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0229.050723T1322Z-050723T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 822 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 915 AM CDT * AT 819 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA... GLENWOOD... STARBUCK... EVANSVILLE... KENSINGTON... MILTONA... DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 66 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT NEAR MORRIS WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 4608 9573 4543 9569 4543 9515 4609 9518 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 231350 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 848 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 MNC041-121-231415- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-050723T1415Z/ DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN- 848 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES... AT 835 AM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR SWAN LAKE IN STEVENS COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. NUMEROUS TREES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AT 847 AM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEAF VALLEY...HOLMES...GROVE LAKE...BELLE RIVER...STARBUCK...SEDAN...NELSON...MILTONA... MILLERVILLE...LOWRY...LONG BEACH...KENSINGTON...GLENWOOD...FORADA... FARWELL...EVANSVILLE...CARLOS...BRANDON AND ALEXANDRIA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4608 9573 4543 9569 4543 9515 4609 9518 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:33 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns, Todd | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.