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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 18, 20044 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2004, 3:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2004, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 3:32 PM CDTHAIL 0.7510 N Sauk Rapids, MN
Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Sartell, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2004-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 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 2004-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

856 
WUUS53 KMPX 182027
SVRMPX
MNC009-095-097-145-182130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 327 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF ST JOSEPH...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ST
  CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOLEY.
  SAUK RAPIDS.
  MILACA.
  MAYHEW. 

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4560 9443 4550 9431 4576 9365 4595 9399

$$
RAH/RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin47 min
Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele42 min
Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn57 min
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth58 min
Apr 17, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault45 min
Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn60 min
Apr 17, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca51 min
Apr 17, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault46 min
Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn26 min
Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele48 min
Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice50 min
Apr 18, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur38 min
Apr 18, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott45 min
Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine42 min
Apr 18, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue41 min
Apr 18, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine35 min
Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa49 min
Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington31 min
Apr 18, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi40 min
Apr 18, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd42 min
Apr 18, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd31 min
Apr 18, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison36 min
Apr 18, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec47 min
Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne36 min
Apr 18, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec59 min
Apr 18, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec23 min
Apr 18, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec21 min
Apr 18, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne33 min
Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright45 min
Apr 18, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne37 min
Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec30 min
Apr 18, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti48 min
Apr 18, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago48 min
Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright49 min
Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne30 min
Apr 18, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti58 min
Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood42 min
Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti41 min
Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown26 min
Apr 18, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley59 min
Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright43 min
Apr 18, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne38 min
Apr 18, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin47 min
Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood61 min
Apr 18, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood43 min
Apr 18, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago44 min
Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington53 min
Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright26 min
Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin48 min
Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown45 min
Apr 18, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod40 min
Apr 18, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan38 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.