1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:00 PM CST, 12 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... NAM 40 KM INITIALIZES A 100 KT JET STEAK ACROSS WESTERN ONTARIO WITH A SECOND SPEED MAX ENTERING THE BASE OF THE LARGER SCALE TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EVIDENT BETWEEN THESE FEATURES WITH CONSIDERABLE CONVECTION EVIDENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAIN STATES. OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 HOURS...CONVECTIVE AREA HAS EXPANDED NORTH AND WEST INTO SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL WITH ACTIVITY APPEARING TO BE FORCED IN PART BY INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE ONTARIO JET STREAK. THE NAM DEVELOPS A SECOND...MORE NORTHERLY ORIENTED STREAK ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA BY 12Z FRIDAY AND LIFT GENERATED ON THE WARM SIDE OF THIS JETLET RESULTS IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING ACROSS OR WESTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THEN DEVELOPS A STRONG NEGATIVE TILT COMPONENT TO IT BY 12Z SATURDAY WITH JET SEGMENT ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AGAIN INTENSIFYING AND DEVELOPING STRONG LIFT ON ITS WARM SIDE. EAST TO WEST CROSS SECTION (40 KM NAM) SHOWS THESE TRANSIENT FEATURES MOVING THROUGH IN TERMS OF AGEOSTROPHIC VERTICAL CIRCULATION...NEGATIVE SATURATED EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY TOGETHER WITH OMEGA. WE HAVE USED THE DETAILS OF SAID CROSS SECTIONAL TO TIME AND EMPHASIZE PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE WESTERN CWA TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES INTO 12Z SATURDAY. LONGER TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY RAINY PATTERN WILL COME TO AN END DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE EXTENDED FCST PD...FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF UPR TROF ON TUE. 00Z CANADIAN... 06Z DGEX...AND 12Z GFS ARE REASONABLY SIMILAR IN THEIR SOLNS WITH THE UPR LOW AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP ON MON AND TUE. BEST SHOT OF PRECIP LOOKS TO MOVE ACROSS THE FA FROM LATE SUN NGT AND INTO MON. AFOREMENTIONED MODELS ARE A BIT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...AND AS A RESULT...LINGERED SMALL POPS IN THE ERN HALF OF THE FA THRU TUE. WED AND THU LOOK TO BE DRY AS RIDGING TAKES CONTROL DURING THE MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES SHUD REMAIN AT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS... WITH VERY LITTLE DAY TO DAY VARIATION. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. && WETKAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1223 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 MNZ043>045-049>053-057>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-101115- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA- DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC- KANDIYOHI-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET- PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE- SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE- 1223 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-101115- CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD- 1223 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. MARGRAF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 MNZ091-100600- MARTIN- 1154 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 447 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MINNESOTA THIS CANCELS 1 COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MARTIN... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT. MNZ092>093-100600- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 1154 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 447 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FARIBAULT... FREEBORN... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA.
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:51 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a TV antenna on top of a house on Meadow Lane. The bolt traveled into the garage where it started a fire. After the roof of the garage caught fire, the flames moved onto the roof of the home and produced significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2005
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