Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 10:19 AM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anoka County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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 23, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Andover, MN | 5 TO 7 INCH TREES DOWN |
| Jul 23, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Centerville, MN | HAM RADIO TOWER DOWN |
| Jul 23, 10:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Centerville, MN | HAM RADIO TOWER 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 231519 SVRMPX MNC003-231615- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0238.050723T1519Z-050723T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1019 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1017 AM CDT...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 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST BETHEL TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST BETHEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EAST BETHEL... ST FRANCIS... OAK GROVE... LINWOOD TOWNSHIP... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4542 9348 4524 9350 4515 9305 4541 9304 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 231536 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 MNC003-231615- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-050723T1615Z/ ANOKA MN- 1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR ANOKA COUNTY... AT 1034 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESESTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST BETHEL TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HAM LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM ANDOVER TO HAM LAKE...CEDAR...AND EAST BETHEL. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CEDAR...RAMSEY... CENTERVILLE...BETHEL AND ANDOVER. LAT...LON 4542 9348 4524 9350 4515 9305 4541 9304 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 231613 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1112 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 MNC003-231622- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-050723T1615Z/ ANOKA MN- 1112 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANOKA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR ANOKA COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4542 9348 4524 9350 4515 9305 4541 9304 $$ 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, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 53 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, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.