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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 20, 2004Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2004, 10:25 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 20, 2004, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2004-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1682 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2004-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210325
SVRMPX
MNC073-173-210415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1025 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANBY TO
  19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANBY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANBY.
  MADISON.

LAT...LON 4487 9680 4446 9595 4472 9549 4520 9624

$$

RJN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley39 min
Jul 21, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood49 min
Jul 21, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice59 min
Jul 21, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue56 min
Jul 21, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd46 min
Jul 21, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa32 min
Jul 21, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine57 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.