Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2005, 9:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Morgan, MN | 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Aug 3, 9:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Evan, MN | 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Aug 3, 10:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S New Ulm, MN | |
| Aug 3, 10:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | St George, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 040227
SVRMPX
MNC015-103-127-129-143-040330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0248.050804T0226Z-050804T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
926 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 924 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 REDWOOD FALLS
TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLEEPY EYE...
NEW ULM...
FAIRFAX...
COMFREY...
ST GEORGE...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. AT 922 PM...QUARTER SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WABASSO IN REDWOOD COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4464 9517 4421 9537 4421 9509 4413 9508
4413 9447 4462 9443
$$
KAT2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040247 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 947 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 MNC015-103-127-129-143-040330- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-050804T0330Z/ RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN- 947 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NICOLLET...BROWN...REDWOOD...SIBLEY AND RENVILLE COUNTIES... AT 942 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FRANKLIN TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST GEORGE...SLEEPY EYE...NORTH REDWOOD...NEW ULM...MORTON...MORGAN...HANSKA...GIBBON...FAIRFAX... EVAN...COBDEN AND CLEMENTS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4461 9511 4413 9508 4413 9447 4462 9443 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040304 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1001 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 MNC127-040311- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-050804T0330Z/ REDWOOD MN- 1001 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRIOR TO MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY...HIGH WINDS DOWNED 3 INCH TREE LIMBS IN MORGAN AT 947 PM. LAT...LON 4455 9485 4413 9487 4413 9447 4455 9444 $$ MNC015-103-129-143-040330- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-050804T0330Z/ RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN- 1001 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NICOLLET...BROWN...SIBLEY AND RENVILLE COUNTIES... AT 947 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS DOWNED 3 INCH TREE LIMBS IN MORGAN NEAR THE REDWOOD AND BROWN COUNTY LINE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS ALSO AT 1001 PM CDT...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE MEASURED 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ULM IN BROWN COUNTY. AT 959 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFAX TO SLEEPY EYE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COBDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST GEORGE...NEW ULM... HANSKA...GIBBON AND EVAN. LAT...LON 4455 9485 4413 9487 4413 9447 4455 9444 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 65 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.