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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Le Sueur County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:42 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 13, 2005, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Le Sueur County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 363 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 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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 140042
SVRMPX
MNC079-140130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0110.050614T0042Z-050614T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE
  SUEUR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY

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 4440 9395 4436 9378 4454 9368 4454 9388

$$
KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS53 KMPX 140045 CCA
SVRMPX
MNC079-140130-
/O.COR.KMPX.SV.W.0110.050614T0042Z-050614T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE
  SUEUR...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEIDELBERG...
  MONTGOMERY... 

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 4440 9395 4436 9378 4454 9368 4454 9388

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington60 min
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, 7:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.