Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2004, 1:49 AM CDT for Anoka County, Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 71 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
- Jun 8, 2004, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326 WUUS53 KMPX 080649 SVRMPX MNC003-019-053-080800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 145 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 142 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ZIMMERMAN TO LESTER PRAIRIE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ROCKFORD...WATERTOWN...CHANHASSEN... LONG LAKE...PLYMOUTH....MINNEAPOLIS. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND HAIL IN EXCESS OF DIME SIZE SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 4484 9392 4470 9379 4522 9308 4538 9329 $$ AZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.