Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 3, 2005, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KMPX 031900
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-031930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0311.050903T1859Z-050903T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
159 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM      
  WITH LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWICK...OR ABOUT
  15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANANNAH...
  WESTPORT...
  WATKINS...

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED IN NEW LONDON WITH THIS 
STORM AT 150 PM. 

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 4533 9489 4522 9495 4515 9444 4532 9441

$$

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 031911
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
211 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MNC067-031921-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0311.000000T0000Z-050903T1930Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
211 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT CAUSED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF 
KANDIYOHI COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4532 9475 4521 9476 4515 9444 4532 9441

$$

MNC093-031930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0311.000000T0000Z-050903T1930Z/
MEEKER MN-
211 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 207 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MANANNAH...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...
AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WESTPORT AND WATKINS.

LAT...LON 4532 9475 4521 9476 4515 9444 4532 9441

$$

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 031928
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
228 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MNC093-031938-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0311.000000T0000Z-050903T1930Z/
MEEKER MN-
228 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
230 PM CDT...

THE STORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 2:30 PM. 

LAT...LON 4532 9475 4521 9476 4515 9444 4532 9441

$$

MKM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.