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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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 9, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 4:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Welcome, MN |
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 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 092052 RRA SVRMPX MNC091-092130- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0288.050809T2052Z-050809T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 348 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 9 MILES NORTH OF FAIRMONT TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAIRMONT... CYLON... NORTHROP... WELCOME... EAST CHAIN... GRANADA... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4384 9453 4343 9504 4346 9426 4383 9424 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 092115 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 414 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 MNC091-092130- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0288.000000T0000Z-050809T2130Z/ MARTIN MN- 414 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... AT 408 PM...HAIL AS BIG AS GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED IN WELCOME...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT. TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWNED. RAIN WAS VERY HEAVY. AT 409 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRMONT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE FAIRMONT...WILBERT... EAST CHAIN...TRUMAN...AND NORTHROP. LAT...LON 4384 9453 4343 9504 4346 9426 4383 9424 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 092131 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 MNC091-092140- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0288.000000T0000Z-050809T2130Z/ MARTIN MN- 430 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM CDT... STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT NO MORE HAIL OR STRONG WIND WERE OCCURRING. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM. HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 5 PM ACROSS EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY. GOLF BALL HAIL DID FALL IN WELCOME AT 408 PM. LAT...LON 4384 9453 4343 9504 4346 9426 4383 9424 $$ TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| 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, 3:55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.