Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2004, 5:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stewart, MN | CORN BINS BLOWN OVER. |
| Apr 18, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Biscay, MN | |
| Apr 18, 6:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 N Lester Prairie, MN | |
| Apr 18, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairfax, MN | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Glencoe, MN | SHED DOWN. TREE ON POWER LINE IN TOWN. |
| Apr 18, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hamburg, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
033 WUUS53 KMPX 182246 SVRMPX MNC019-085-129-143-182345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 546 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 546 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF GIBBON...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENCOE. WACONIA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4458 9482 4447 9460 4483 9362 4497 9416 $$ RAH/SEB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 57 min |
| Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 21 min |
| Apr 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.