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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 8, 2004Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2004, 12:46 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 9 reports 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
Jun 8, 2004, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2004, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDTHAIL 0.756 S Litchfield, MN
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDTHAIL 0.756 S Litchfield, MN
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDTHAIL 0.756 S Litchfield, MN
Jun 8, 1:09 AM CDTHAIL 0.885 Sw Watkins, MN
Jun 8, 1:09 AM CDTHAIL 0.885 Sw Watkins, MN
Jun 8, 1:09 AM CDTHAIL 0.885 Sw Watkins, MN
Jun 8, 1:19 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Watkins, MN
Jun 8, 1:19 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Watkins, MN
Jun 8, 1:19 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Watkins, 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
Jun 7, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2004-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1588 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
1588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

299 
WUUS53 KMPX 080546
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-080645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1245 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1243 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM     
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAYNESVILLE TO 10 MILES EAST OF   
  WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBANY.
  LITCHFIELD.
  PAYNESVILLE.
  SAUK CENTRE.
  GROVE CITY.
  ST. JOSEPH. 

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 4574 9477 4574 9507 4546 9507 4545 9474
      4496 9474 4501 9430 4572 9433

$$
MBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift57 min
Jun 8, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine47 min
Jun 8, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi54 min
Jun 8, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright61 min
Jun 8, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne46 min
Jun 8, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin71 min
Jun 8, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs66 min
Jun 8, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift29 min
Jun 8, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec57 min
Jun 8, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi47 min
Jun 8, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker52 min
Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright60 min
Jun 8, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.