Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 8:07 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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
- May 8, 2005, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 1221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 090106
SVRMPX
MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-143-171-090200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0028.050509T0107Z-050509T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
807 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 804 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
SOUTH OF WACONIA TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF EDEN PRAIRIE TO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAKEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE TO 15
MILES NORTH OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEVILLE...
WACONIA...
EDEN PRAIRIE...
MINNETONKA...
EXCELSIOR...
BURNSVILLE...
THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...
BLOOMINGTON...
EAGAN...
ST LOUIS PARK...
PLYMOUTH...
MAPLE GROVE...
MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...
ROSEVILLE...
MAPLEWOOD...
BROOKLYN PARK...
LAT...LON 4459 9395 4462 9356 4449 9325 4468 9308
4507 9301 4514 9344 4520 9377
$$
RJN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 090139
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-143-171-090200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050509T0200Z/
WRIGHT MN-ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-SCOTT
MN-SIBLEY MN-
836 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SIBLEY...SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN...ANOKA AND
WRIGHT COUNTIES...
AT 834 PM CDT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO
MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING THE STRONGEST WINDS ON THE SOUTHWEST...OR
BACKSIDE...OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT AT
830 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4459 9395 4462 9356 4449 9325 4468 9308
4507 9301 4514 9344 4520 9377
$$
RJN000
WWUS53 KMPX 090153
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
851 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-143-171-090208-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050509T0200Z/
WRIGHT MN-ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-
SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-
851 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT FOR
SIBLEY...SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN...ANOKA AND
WRIGHT COUNTIES...
AT 849 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA WERE WEAKENING. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900
PM.
LAT...LON 4459 9395 4462 9356 4449 9325 4468 9308
4507 9301 4514 9344 4520 9377
$$
RJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 65 min |
| May 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 59 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 38 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.