Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2005, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 260056 SVRMPX MNC041-260145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0302.050826T0056Z-050826T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 756 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 754 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELBY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FERGUS FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MELBY... EVANSVILLE... MILLERVILLE... THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4610 9576 4595 9575 4611 9535 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 260116 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 816 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 MNC041-260145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-050826T0145Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 816 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 810 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELBY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MILLERVILLE AND EVANSVILLE. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...BUT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. LAT...LON 4610 9576 4595 9575 4611 9535 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 260132 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 832 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 MNC041-260145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-050826T0145Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 832 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 827 PM CDT...A STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANSVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...LEAF VALLEY... MILLERVILLE AND BRANDON. LAT...LON 4610 9576 4592 9575 4594 9532 4611 9535 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.