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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 1997Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1997, 5:04 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1997, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1997, 5:35 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Morrison County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 042206 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC097-042235-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
504 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  WESTERN MORRISON COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 535 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    LINCOLN
    CUSHING

* AT 503 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL JUST SOUTH OF MOTLEY...OR 25 MILES WEST OF BRAINERD.  THEB
  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MOTLEY AT 458 PM.  THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TDK
 

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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.