Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2005, 12:44 AM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 26, 2005, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2005, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 260544 SVRMPX MNC145-260645- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0307.050826T0544Z-050826T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1244 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1240 AM 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 ST MARTIN TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE HENRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARMING... ROSCOE... RICHMOND... COLD SPRING... ST NICHOLAS... ROCKVILLE... PLEASANT LAKE... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4561 9475 4544 9488 4533 9442 4549 9421 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 260621 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 121 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 MNC145-260645- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0307.000000T0000Z-050826T0645Z/ STEARNS MN- 121 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR STEARNS COUNTY... AT 118 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND TO ST NICHOLAS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE ROSCOE AND COLD SPRING AREAS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUXEMBURG...FARMING...WAITE PARK...ST MARTIN...ST JOSEPH...ROSCOE...ROCKVILLE...PLEASANT LAKE AND COLD SPRING. LAT...LON 4558 9472 4534 9472 4534 9424 4556 9422 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| 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, 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
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.