Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 30, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 4:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arden Hills, MN | LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN NEAR 694 AND 35W. |
| Jun 30, 4:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fridley, MN | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES NEAR MOORE LAKE. |
| Jun 30, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Vadnais Heights, MN |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
989
WUUS53 KMPX 302130
SVRMPX
MNC003-123-302215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 427 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BLAINE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAINE.
CIRCLE PINES.
LINO LAKES.
MOUNDS VIEW.
NORTH OAKS.
NEW BRIGHTON.
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CRYSTAL AT 424
PM WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4515 9330 4506 9327 4502 9299 4511 9301
4524 9304
$$
BINAUThe 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, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 39 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, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 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.