Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 1:24 AM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 13, 2004, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 130624 SVRMPX MNC097-153-130715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 124 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 114 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAPLES...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF LONG PRAIRIE... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STAPLES. LAT...LON 4644 9486 4627 9497 4603 9436 4625 9420 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 90 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 22 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.