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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 25, 2004Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2004, 10:32 AM CST for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 25, 2004, 10:32 AM CST (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2004, 11:15 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 276 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

628 
WUUS53 KMPX 251632
SVRMPX
MNC153-251715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1032 AM CST THU MAR 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1032 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 7 MILES WEST OF EAGLE BEND...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LONG PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BERTHA.
  EAGLE BEND.
  HEWITT.
  STAPLES.

LAT...LON 4622 9521 4602 9509 4647 9457 4663 9485

$$
NAISTAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 9:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas61 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.