Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2005, 3:18 PM CDT for Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2005, 4:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 262019
SVRMPX
MNC139-143-262115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.050526T2018Z-050526T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
318 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLE PLAINE...
JORDAN...
ST BENEDICT...
PRIOR LAKE...
CRYSTAL BAY...
NEW MARKET...
LAT...LON 4468 9409 4450 9413 4455 9377 4456 9333
4475 9337 4467 9367
$$
JPR2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 262040
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
339 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
MNC143-262049-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SIBLEY MN-
339 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
4475 9337 4467 9367
$$
MNC139-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SCOTT MN-
339 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SCOTT
COUNTY...
AT 336 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ST BENEDICT...PRIOR
LAKE...NEW MARKET AND JORDAN.
LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
4475 9337 4467 9367
$$
JPR000
WWUS53 KMPX 262116
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
415 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
MNC139-262126-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SCOTT MN-
415 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT
415 PM CDT...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF FAR SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
4475 9337 4467 9367
$$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, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 24 min |
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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.