Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT for Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 3, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 4 Ne Milroy, MN | |
| Aug 3, 8:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Milroy, MN | |
| Aug 3, 9:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Wabasso, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 040125 SVRMPX MNC127-173-040230- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0247.050804T0125Z-050804T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 825 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILROY TO 12 MILES WEST OF MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILROY... ECHO... VESTA... LUCAN... BELVIEW... SEAFORTH... WABASSO... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4464 9559 4433 9559 4432 9510 4465 9524 $$ KAT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040151 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 849 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 MNC127-173-040230- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE MN-REDWOOD MN- 849 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES... AT 846 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ECHO TO MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THESE STORMS SHOULD PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE YELLOW MEDICINE AND REDWOOD COUNTY LINE...TO THE NORTH OF MILROY AND WEST OF VESTA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WABASSO...VESTA...SEAFORTH... LUCAN AND BELVIEW. LAT...LON 4464 9559 4433 9559 4432 9510 4465 9524 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040159 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 MNC127-173-040230- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE MN-REDWOOD MN- 858 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES... AT 850 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILROY IN REDWOOD COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. AT 854 PM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VESTA TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WABASSO...SEAFORTH...LUCAN AND BELVIEW. LAT...LON 4461 9558 4433 9559 4432 9510 4461 9524 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040217 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 MNC173-040226- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4452 9542 4432 9546 4432 9510 4461 9524 $$ MNC127-040230- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/ REDWOOD MN- 916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD COUNTY... AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEAFORTH TO WABASSO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VESTA AND LUCAN. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4452 9542 4432 9546 4432 9510 4461 9524 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 61 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.