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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2004Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2004, 3:38 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2004, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2004, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2004-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 190838
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-190915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 330 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GEORGEVILLE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE HENRY.
  NEW LONDON.
  REGAL.
  SPRING HILL.
  GEORGEVILLE.
  HAWICK.

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 4557 9478 4547 9514 4520 9489 4530 9478

$$

RAH

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.