Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2005, 4:19 AM CDT for Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 8, 2005, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 3207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 080920
SVRMPX
MNC037-163-081015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0255.050808T0919Z-050808T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
419 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT
* AT 416 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SUNFISH...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL...AND
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT...
ST PAUL PARK...
COTTAGE GROVE...
HASTINGS...
AFTON...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4493 9310 4478 9316 4468 9283 4493 9277
4489 9301
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 080952
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
MNC037-163-081015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-050808T1015Z/
WASHINGTON MN-DAKOTA MN-
451 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 450 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COTTAGE GROVE TO
VERMILLION...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST PAUL PARK...ROSEMOUNT...
NEWPORT...NEW TRIER AND HASTINGS.
LAT...LON 4483 9305 4464 9313 4457 9288 4480 9280
4489 9301
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 19 min |
| Aug 8, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 66 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.