Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2005, 3:58 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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 16, 2005, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | St Cloud, MN | REPORTED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 162059 SVRMPX MNC141-145-162200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0296.050816T2058Z-050816T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 355 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST CLOUD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST AUGUSTA... LUXEMBURG... ST CLOUD... LAT...LON 4559 9422 4542 9435 4541 9394 4553 9401 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 162106 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 405 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 MNC141-145-162200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN- 405 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 401 PM...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ST CLOUD. AT 407 PM...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST CLOUD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...LUXEMBURG AND WAITE PARK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4558 9423 4541 9432 4540 9394 4553 9401 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 162146 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 MNC145-162154- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/ STEARNS MN- 444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4555 9415 4541 9402 4540 9394 4553 9400 $$ MNC141-162200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/ SHERBURNE MN- 444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY... AT 442 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKER. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LAT...LON 4555 9415 4541 9402 4540 9394 4553 9400 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 53 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.