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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Polk County, Wisconsin; Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 8:10 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin; Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 9:16 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 342 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°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 140110
SVRMPX
MNC025-WIC095-140215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0114.050614T0110Z-050614T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 32 MILES
  WEST OF BALSAM LAKE TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALSAM LAKE...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMBRIDGE TO 20 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NEW RICHMOND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BALSAM LAKE...

LAT...LON 4564 9308 4525 9276 4543 9219 4563 9234

$$
RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140127
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
825 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC025-WIC095-140215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
CHISAGO MN-POLK WI-
825 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR POLK
AND CHISAGO COUNTIES...

AT 807 PM CDT... EIGHT INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN 
BRAHAM...IN FAR NORTHEASTERN ISANTI COUNTY.  TREES MAY WELL GO DOWN
AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO NORTHERN CHISAGO COUNTY.

AT 823 PM...THE STORMS WITH THE DAMAGING WIND EXTENDED FROM 
BRAHAM...TO OSCEOLA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.  DAMAGING WIND IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN EASTERN CHISAGO AND 
POLK COUNTIES.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST CROIX FALLS...
DRESSER...TAYLORS FALLS...SHAFER...LINDSTROM...HARRIS AND RUSH 
CITY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4564 9308 4525 9276 4543 9219 4563 9234

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140216
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
916 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC025-WIC095-140228-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
CHISAGO MN-POLK WI-
916 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR POLK AND CHISAGO COUNTIES 
EXPIRED AT 915 PM CDT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 
35... FROM RUSH CITY TO FOREST LAKE.  THEY EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS 
BALSAM LAKE AND FREDERIC.  NONE OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE ANYMORE.  
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
915 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING 
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4564 9308 4525 9276 4543 9219 4563 9234

$$

TDK

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, 7:42 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, 8:12 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.