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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2005, 11:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Sep 12, 2005, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 130447 SVRMPX MNC013-043-091-165-130545- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0388.050913T0447Z-050913T0545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1147 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1144 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF DUNNELL...OR ABOUT OVER JACKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERBURN... TRIMONT... FOXLAKE... WELCOME... NORTHROP... TRUMAN... GRANADA... WINNEBAGO... AMBOY... VERNON CENTER... GOOD THUNDER... MAPLETON... MINNESOTA LAKE... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4366 9506 4349 9498 4383 9380 4409 9383 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 130511 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1207 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 MNC013-043-091-165-130545- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0388.000000T0000Z-050913T0545Z/ BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN- 1207 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR MARTIN...FARIBAULT...WATONWAN AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES... AT 1205 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELCOME...OR JUST WEST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. AT MIDNIGHT...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN JACKSON MINNESOTA IN JACKSON COUNTY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STORM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOXLAKE...WINNEBAGO...VERNON CENTER...TRUMAN...TRIMONT...ST CLAIR...SHERBURN...NORTHROP... MINNESOTA LAKE...MAPLETON...GRANADA...GOOD THUNDER...FAIRMONT... DUNNELL AND AMBOY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4366 9506 4349 9498 4383 9380 4409 9383 $$
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, 10:38 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.