Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- Oct 4, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:54 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Alden, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 042235
SVRMPX
MNC047-042330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0430.051004T2235Z-051004T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
535 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERT LEA...
CONGER...
MANSFIELD...
ARMSTRONG...
TWIN LAKES...
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 4354 9365 4351 9340 4352 9324 4383 9309
4384 9363
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 042250
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
550 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005
MNC047-042330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-051004T2330Z/
FREEBORN MN-
550 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR FREEBORN COUNTY...
AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ALBERT
LEA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANSFIELD...TWIN LAKES...
MANCHESTER...HAYWARD...HARTLAND...GLENVILLE...GENEVA...FREEBORN...
CONGER...CLARKS GROVE AND ALBERT LEA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4353 9364 4353 9344 4352 9325 4383 9320
4383 9363
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 042258
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
557 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005
MNC047-042330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-051004T2330Z/
FREEBORN MN-
557 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR FREEBORN COUNTY...
AT 554 PM...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED IN
ALDEN.
AT 554 PM CDT... THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDEN...OR ABOUT 9
MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANCHESTER...HAYWARD...
HARTLAND...GENEVA...FREEBORN...CONGER...CLARKS GROVE AND ALBERT LEA.
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 4360 9361 4359 9339 4360 9323 4383 9320
4383 9357 4371 9363
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 56 min |
| Oct 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 58 min |
| Oct 4, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 67 min |
| Oct 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 60 min |
| Oct 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 59 min |
| Oct 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 35 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.