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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 9:34 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rice County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Morristown, 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 381 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.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 100234 SVRMPX MNC131-100315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 931 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 930 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 TO 20 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF ONE INCH HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARIBAULT. MORRISTOWN. WARSAW. 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 4442 9352 4422 9353 4421 9305 4446 9307 $$ 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, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 65 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.