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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2004Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 9:25 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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
May 9, 2004, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Goodhue County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 9:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 N Zumbrota, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 356 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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.

940 
WUUS53 KMPX 100225
SVRMPX
MNC049-100330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
925 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 915 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NERSTRAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST TO NORTHEAST OF FARIBAULT.
  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND MAY PRODUCE ONE INCH
  HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLECHESTER.
  GOODHUE.
  KENYON.
  PINE ISLAND.
  WANAMINGO.
  ZUMBROTA.

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 4445 9303 4421 9303 4419 9255 4438 9241

$$
TDK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott47 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley55 min
May 9, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown53 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice57 min
May 9, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet44 min
May 9, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice41 min

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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.