Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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
- May 26, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 262012 SVRMPX MNC079-131-262115- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0031.050526T2011Z-050526T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 311 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 306 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE CENTER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF ST PETER... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARIBAULT... NORTHFIELD... MONTGOMERY... LONSDALE... LAT...LON 4449 9388 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 262029 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 326 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 MNC079-131-262115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/ LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN- 326 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR RICE AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES... AT 323 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD BE AFFECTING FAR NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY AS WELL. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARSAW...ST THOMAS...ST HENRY...NORTHFIELD...NERSTRAND...MONTGOMERY...LONSDALE...LE CENTER...HEIDELBERG...DUNDAS AND CLEVELAND. LAT...LON 4452 9385 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305 $$ JPR
000 WWUS53 KMPX 262114 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 411 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 MNC079-131-262125- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/ LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN- 411 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN RICE COUNTY...AND A SECOND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN RICE COUNTY WEST OF WEBSTER. THE WARNINGS WILL NOT BE REISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 4452 9385 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 58 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.