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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 8, 2004Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2004, 1:14 AM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 5 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, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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, 1:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGAnnandale, MNMANY TREES DOWN OVER NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. CITIES INCLUDE ANNANDALE, CLEARWATER, AND SOUTH HAVEN.
Jun 8, 1:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGAnnandale, MNMANY TREES DOWN OVER NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. CITIES INCLUDE ANNANDALE, CLEARWATER, AND SOUTH HAVEN.
Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 64Maple Lake, MNSIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE NORTH OF TOWN IN SCHROEDER PARK AND A FEW TREES DOWN ONTO ROADS AND POWER LINES IN TOWN.
Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 64Maple Lake, MNSIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE NORTH OF TOWN IN SCHROEDER PARK AND A FEW TREES DOWN ONTO ROADS AND POWER LINES IN TOWN.
Jun 8, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 64Maple Lake, 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
Jun 8, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

735 
WUUS53 KMPX 080614
SVRMPX
MNC171-080715-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 109 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO.
  MAPLE LAKE.
  COKATO.
  ANNANDALE.
  MONTROSE.
  MONTICELLO. 

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 4538 9396 4532 9411 4520 9427 4499 9427
      4500 9382 4526 9364

$$
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, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns59 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.