Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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 16, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morrison County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 W Little Falls, MN | HAILED ALONG HIGHWAY 27. TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 162308
SVRMPX
MNC097-170000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0301.050816T2307Z-050817T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
WEST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE FALLS...
FLENSBURG...
SOBIESKI...
ELMDALE...
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 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9413
4595 9409
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 162322
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005
MNC097-170000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0301.000000T0000Z-050817T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
MORRISON COUNTY...
AT 617 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BUCKMAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRILL...BOWLES...UPSALA...
SOBIESKI...ROYALTON...PIERZ...LITTLE FALLS...GENOLA...FLENSBURG...
ELMDALE AND BOWLUS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
LAREG HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9384
4590 9377 4599 9381
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 162358
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005
MNC097-170010-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0301.000000T0000Z-050817T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
658 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE.
LAT...LON 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9384
4590 9377 4599 9381
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 62 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
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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.