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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2005Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2005, 1:44 AM CDT for Stearns County, Wright 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, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2005, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1374 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 260645
SVRMPX
MNC145-171-260745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0309.050826T0644Z-050826T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
144 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
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 140 AM 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 28 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO TO 24 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO...
  ST NICHOLAS...
  ST AUGUSTA...
  ANNANDALE...
  FAIRHAVEN...
  CLEARWATER...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4554 9440 4530 9436 4530 9423 4514 9424
      4515 9372 4528 9374 4549 9418

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 260716
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
216 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

MNC145-171-260745-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-050826T0745Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-
216 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 214 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 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FAIRHAVEN TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANNANDALE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ANNANDALE...SILVER CREEK... 
RASSAT...SOUTH HAVEN...MONTICELLO...MAPLE LAKE AND BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4544 9425 4514 9424 4515 9372 4528 9374

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 260742
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

MNC145-171-260756-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-050826T0745Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-
241 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 AM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT 
AND STEARNS COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TORRENTIAL 
DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 330 
AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4544 9425 4514 9424 4515 9372 4528 9374

$$

KAT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas49 min
Aug 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd52 min
Aug 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas63 min
Aug 25, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas2 hr
Aug 25, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope38 min
Aug 25, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope3 hr
Aug 25, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns52 min
Aug 26, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSwift3 hr
Aug 26, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns61 min
Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker60 min
Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi3 hr
Aug 26, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStearns3 hr
Aug 26, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa3 hr
Aug 26, 3:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSwift3 hr
Aug 26, 4:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi3 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.