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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
Jun 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDTHAIL 0.75North St Paul, MN
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Vadnais Heights, MN
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Vadnais Heights, MN
Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMahtomedi, MNSCATTERED TREES DOWN.

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
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 385 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 140001
SVRMPX
MNC003-123-163-140100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0103.050614T0000Z-050614T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 654 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER ST PAUL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.  QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ST PAUL AT 655 PM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSEVILLE...
  FOREST LAKE...
  HUGO...
  BLAINE...
  FRIDLEY...
  SHOREVIEW...

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 4497 9314 4498 9311 4491 9289 4526 9283
      4538 9324 4533 9335

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota65 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison47 min
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRamsey26 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope53 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti50 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas60 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker43 min
Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur48 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod45 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington67 min
Jun 13, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs60 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago66 min
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas4 hr
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Scott36 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift33 min
Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd54 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.