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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 55 min |
| May 9, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 53 min |
| May 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 57 min |
| May 9, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 44 min |
| May 9, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.