Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 829

October 3, 20058 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 3, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Anoka County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pine County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Polk County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs37 min
Oct 3, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine34 min
Oct 3, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas29 min
Oct 3, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield25 min
Oct 3, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield32 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 6:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Cottonwood and 18 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.