Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 3, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 032339 SVRMPX MNC065-095-040015- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0424.051003T2338Z-051004T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 638 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 637 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARMAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS INPACTED... WARMAN... WOODLAND... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4604 9353 4590 9338 4610 9307 4616 9327 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 032359
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005
MNC095-040007-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
4615 9309 4615 9326
$$
MNC065-040015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
KANABEC MN-
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR KANABEC COUNTY...
AT 654 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF WARMAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH
OF MORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF
THE INDICATED COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
4615 9309 4615 9326
$$
JPR000
WWUS53 KMPX 040023
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
720 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005
MNC065-040030-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
KANABEC MN-
720 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC COUNTY EXPIRED AT 715
PM CDT...
THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED TO JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN KANABEC COUNTY.
NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
A NEW WARNING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
4615 9309 4615 9326
$$
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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.