2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 1:57 AM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 .DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT THE FORECAST CHALLENGES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WAS CENTERED NEAR LAKE WINNIPEG EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 700 AND 500 MB HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE CRASH DOWNWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA DURING THE PERIOD. SEVERAL IMPULSES ARE ANTICIPATE TO ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. THESE DISTURBANCES ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHRAS AND FEW TSRAS DURING THE PERIOD. COLD CORE 50H TEMPS OF MINUS 22 DEGREE CELSIUS OR LOWERED WILL REMAIN OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO SATURDAY. WITH LAPSE RATES GREATER THAN 8 DEG/KM AND PIVA...AIRMASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME MODERATE SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BY FRI MRNG 850 MB TEMPS ARE LESS THAN 2 DEGREE CELSIUS OVER THE AREA. KEPT MAX TEMPS IN THE 50S ON FRIDAY WITH SOME MINOR MODERATION IN MAX TEMPS ON SATURDAY. LONGER TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT LONG WAVE PATTERN SLOW TO CHANGE THROUGH EXTENDED. CHALLENGE TO TIME BEST CHC FOR SHWRS. CURRENT FORECAST OF SHWRS MON NGT INTO TUE LOOKS GOOD BASED ON LATEST GFS. THIS FAR OUT HARD TO GIVE RESOLUTION TO POPS NORTH AND SOUTH IN FORECAST AREA. COOLEST AIR SETTLED OVER RGN ON SUN WITH MODERATION COMING FROM SEASONAL WARMUP FOR LENGTHENING DAYLIGHT. BEST BET IS TO FORECAST NR NORMAL BY END OF FORECAST PD AS PER MEX. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 943 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 MNZ060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-271100- BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-DAKOTA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-NICOLLET-PEPIN- PIERCE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEELE- WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE- 943 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT SOME OF THE HAIL COULD REACH DIME SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM...BUT AN ACTIVATION OVER A LARGE AREA IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MNZ041>045-047>059-061-WIZ014>016-271100- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC- KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POLK-POPE-RUSK- SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT- 943 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT 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 TODAY OR TONIGHT. JPR
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 62 MPH at the intersection of River Front and Main.
A MNDOT road weather sensor recorded a wind gust of 68 MPH.
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, May 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5447009, 5447010.