Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 1:13 AM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2005, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 1:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 090614 SVRMPX MNC041-090715- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0268.050809T0613Z-050809T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 113 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 111 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTH OF MELBY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MELBY... MILLERVILLE... LEAF VALLEY... ROSE CITY... BELLE RIVER... MILTONA... CARLOS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS AND WINDS NEAR 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4611 9576 4603 9577 4594 9516 4611 9516 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 090643 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 140 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 MNC041-090715- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0268.000000T0000Z-050809T0715Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 140 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 137 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF MILLERVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY...NEAR MILTONA AND ROSE CITY...IS MOST AT RISK FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSE CITY...LEAF VALLEY...BELLE RIVER AND MILTONA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4611 9576 4603 9577 4594 9516 4611 9516 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 090652 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 151 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 MNC041-090701- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0268.000000T0000Z-050809T0715Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 151 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY REMAINED NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4611 9576 4603 9577 4594 9516 4611 9516 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 73 min |
| Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 70 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 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.