Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2005, 10:38 PM CDT for Dakota County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Burnsville, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 130338 SVRMPX MNC037-139-130430- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0385.050913T0338Z-050913T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1038 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF BURNSVILLE TO 13 MILES WEST OF LAKEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURNSVILLE... LAKEVILLE... SHAKOPEE... SAVAGE... PRIOR LAKE... APPLE VALLEY... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4480 9354 4465 9363 4460 9295 4479 9304 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 130427 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1127 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 MNC037-139-130437- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0385.000000T0000Z-050913T0430Z/ DAKOTA MN-SCOTT MN- 1127 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT... THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE... THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4480 9354 4465 9363 4460 9295 4479 9304 $$ 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, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 65 min |
| 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, 10:41 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.