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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 15, 2004Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2004, 10:19 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2004, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2004-06-16Temperature 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 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
2164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 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.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 160319
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-160400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1014 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF OLIVIA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD.

LAT...LON 4515 9452 4515 9448 4498 9441 4498 9447
      4497 9451 4489 9452 4479 9503 4479 9508
      4481 9509 4494 9516

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.