Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2004, 3:21 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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 30, 2004, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Montrose, MN | HAILED ABOUT 5 MINUTES. LEAVES STRIPPED AND SMALL LIMBS DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WUUS53 KMPX 302021 SVRMPX MNC171-302100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 319 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICE LAKE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE CARVER AND WRIGHT COUNTY LINE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DELANO. HOWARD LAKE. MONTROSE. WAVERLY. RICE LAKE. SMITH LAKE. 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 4506 9417 4499 9415 4499 9380 4522 9374 $$ BINAU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 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.