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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2004Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
May 9, 2004, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 7:33 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 63Belle Plaine, MN
May 9, 7:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.252 S Belle Plaine, MN
May 9, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Belle Plaine, 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
May 9, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 380 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 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 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 100013
SVRMPX
MNC139-100100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLE PLAINE.
  ELKO.
  JORDAN.
  NEW MARKET.
  PRIOR LAKE.
  SAVAGE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4467 9371 4455 9391 4455 9332 4478 9334

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley55 min
May 9, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown53 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice57 min
May 9, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet44 min
May 9, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue65 min
May 9, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice41 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.