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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 8:17 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 140118
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-151-140200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0116.050614T0117Z-050614T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  SOUTH OF APPLETON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  APPLETON...
  MILAN...
  CERRO GORDO...
  HOLLOWAY...
 
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 4503 9619 4493 9598 4514 9568 4534 9604

$$

KAT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140150
SVSMPX

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

MNC023-073-151-140200-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-050614T0200Z/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
850 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND
SWIFT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4503 9619 4493 9598 4514 9568 4534 9604

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	60 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	65 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison	47 min
Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Ramsey	26 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	53 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	50 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	60 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	43 min
Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	48 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	45 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	67 min
Jun 13, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	60 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	66 min
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Douglas	4 hr
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice, Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	54 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.