Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 382, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2005, 9:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 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, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Litchfield, MN | TREE DOWN IN LITCHFIELD. A FEW TREES OVER POWER LINES ALSO REPORTED DOWN ACROSS MEEKER COUNTY BUT SPECIFIC LOCATION WAS UNKNOWN. |
| Sep 12, 9:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hutchinson, MN |
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 83 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 130214 SVRMPX MNC067-085-093-129-130315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0382.050913T0214Z-050913T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 914 PM CDT MON SEP 12 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 MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 909 PM 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 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON... BUFFALO LAKE... ATWATER... CEDAR MILLS... 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 4532 9482 4472 9480 4474 9427 4530 9430 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 130226 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 926 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 MNC067-130236- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-050913T0315Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 926 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4533 9474 4473 9473 4474 9427 4530 9430 $$ MNC085-093-129-130315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-050913T0315Z/ MEEKER MN-MCLEOD MN-RENVILLE MN- 926 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE...MCLEOD AND MEEKER COUNTIES... AT 922 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANANNAH TO 6 MILES EAST OF HECTOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STROUT...LAKESIDE...CORVUSO... WESTPORT...WATKINS...LITCHFIELD...KINGSTON...HUTCHINSON...GROVE CITY...DASSEL...DARWIN...COSMOS...CEDAR MILLS AND BISCAY. 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 9474 4473 9473 4474 9427 4530 9430 $$ KAT
000
WWUS53 KMPX 130300
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005
MNC129-130308-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-050913T0315Z/
RENVILLE MN-
958 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
RENVILLE COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4531 9450 4474 9448 4473 9403 4496 9403
4498 9429 4527 9428
$$
MNC085-093-130315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0382.000000T0000Z-050913T0315Z/
MEEKER MN-MCLEOD MN-
958 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR MCLEOD AND MEEKER COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT...WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF MEEKER AND
MCLEOD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LITCHFIELD AND HUTCHINSON.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS
AT 956 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON TO
WINSTED TO PLATO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WESTPORT...SILVER LAKE...
LESTER PRAIRIE...HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE...DASSEL...DARWIN AND BISCAY.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4531 9450 4474 9448 4473 9403 4496 9403
4498 9429 4527 9428
$$
KATThe 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, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 65 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
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.