Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2005, 9:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2005, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 9:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buffalo, MN | 30 FOOT TREES 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN |
| Sep 12, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buffalo, MN | GARAGE DOOR BLOWN IN. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Corcoran, MN | PORTION OF HOME DAMAGED ALONG CR 19 IN SOUTHWEST PART OF CORCORAN. DETACHED GARAGE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Corcoran, MN | SIGNS BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 116 AND COUNTY ROAD 30. WIRES DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Corcoran, MN | SIGNS BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 116 AND COUNTY ROAD 30. WIRES WERE DOWNED. A TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A CAR AND A GARAGE. A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DAMAGED. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenfield, MN | *** 1 INJ *** ABOUT TEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN SOUTHEAST PORTION OF GREENFIELD...TWO SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ONE PERSON AT A HOME SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. A TRACTOR TRAILER PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF A HOME WAS BLOWN ON ITS SIDE. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenfield, MN | ABOUT TEN HOMES DAMAGED IN SOUTHEAST PORTION OF GREENFIELD. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenfield, MN | ABOUT TEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN SOUTHEAST PORTION OF GREENFIELD...TWO SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. A TRACTOR TRAILER PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF A HOME WAS BLOWN ON ITS SIDE. |
| Sep 12, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenfield, MN | DAMAGE TO HALF A HOUSE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 130210 SVRMPX MNC003-053-141-171-130315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0381.050913T0210Z-050913T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 910 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 905 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELK RIVER... COON RAPIDS... HANOVER... ALBERTVILLE... BROOKLYN PARK... ANOKA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4524 9395 4507 9387 4514 9324 4539 9336 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 130243 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 943 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 MNC003-053-141-171-130315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0381.000000T0000Z-050913T0315Z/ SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN- 943 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR HENNEPIN...ANOKA...WRIGHT AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES... AT 939 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTSEGO...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AT 915 PM CDT...LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO IN WRIGHT COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OAK PARK...CEDAR...ST MICHAEL...ROGERS...RAMSEY...HANOVER...ELK RIVER...DAYTON...COON RAPIDS...CHAMPLIN...BETHEL...ANOKA...ANDOVER AND ALBERTVILLE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4540 9373 4513 9373 4514 9321 4540 9323 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 66 min |
| Sep 12, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 57 min |
| Sep 12, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 66 min |
| Sep 12, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chisago | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Sep 13, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Sep 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.