Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2005, 5:50 AM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey 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, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2005, 6:46 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, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 081050 SVRMPX MNC037-053-123-081145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0259.050808T1050Z-050808T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 550 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 547 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROSEVILLE... EAGAN... ST PAUL... MAPLEWOOD... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 4504 9332 4484 9336 4463 9303 4498 9299 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 081122 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 622 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 MNC037-053-123-081145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-050808T1145Z/ HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-DAKOTA MN- 622 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES... AT 621 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAUDERDALE...OR ABOUT OVER MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUNFISH...MENDOTA... LILYDALE...WEST ST PAUL...ST PAUL...SOUTH ST PAUL...ROSEMOUNT... RICHFIELD...MINNEAPOLIS...MENDOTA HEIGHTS...MAPLEWOOD...INVER GROVE HEIGHTS...FALCON HEIGHTS...EAGAN...BLOOMINGTON AND APPLE VALLEY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4504 9332 4484 9336 4463 9303 4498 9299 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 081146 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 644 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 MNC037-053-123-081157- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-050808T1145Z/ HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-DAKOTA MN- 644 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 645 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS OVER HENNEPIN...RAMSEY AND DAKOTA COUNTY...HAVE DECREASED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER DAKOTA COUNTY...AND COULD STILL CONTAIN MARBLE SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. LAT...LON 4504 9332 4484 9336 4463 9303 4498 9299 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 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.