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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 2004Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-17Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
777 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.

610 
WUUS53 KMPX 170045
SVRMPX
MNC127-170145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTH OF SLAYTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS.
  WALNUT GROVE.
  MILROY.
  WABASSO.

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 4435 9561 4421 9559 4434 9495 4454 9496
          4458 9521 4454 9554

$$
MBK

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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.