Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 2:36 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chippewa County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 130736
SVRMPX
MNC023-130830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
234 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 231 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATSON.
CLARA CITY.
MAYNARD.
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 4515 9602 4496 9580 4491 9564 4490 9526
4514 9528
$$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, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 51 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
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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.