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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2005Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 6:41 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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 20, 2005, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2005, 7:46 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-20Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 201143
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-201245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0119.050620T1141Z-050620T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 636 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILACA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL 
  THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORA...
  MILACA...
  BOCK...
  OGILVIE...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4597 9376 4578 9376 4574 9315 4600 9315

$$

TDK
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201222
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
722 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC065-095-201245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-050620T1245Z/
MILLE LACS MN-KANABEC MN-
722 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
KANABEC AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES...

AT 715 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NUMBER OF 
THUNDERSTORMS...FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF MILACA...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
MORA.  MORE STORMS WERE 10 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MORA.  THE STORMS 
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS JUST EAST OF FOLEY IN BENTON COUNTY... AND 
THIS STORM MAY MOVE INTO MILLE LACS COUNTY. THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR KANABEC AND MILLE 
LACS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM.

LAT...LON 4597 9376 4578 9376 4574 9315 4600 9315

$$
TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201235
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
732 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC065-201245-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-050620T1245Z/
KANABEC MN-
735 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...AND THERE WERE NO OTHER STORMS SHOWING ANY 
SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING.

LAT...LON 4597 9376 4578 9376 4577 9353 4597 9354

$$

MNC095-201245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-050620T1245Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
735 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR MILLE
LACS COUNTY...

AT 733 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG STORM 
WITH HAIL...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST TO SOUTHWEST OF MORA...OR NEAR ESTES 
BROOK.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 10 AT MPH.  HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE 
WEST OF ESTES BROOK.

LAT...LON 4597 9376 4578 9376 4577 9353 4597 9354

$$
TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201246
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
746 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC095-201300-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-050620T1245Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
746 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 
745 AM CDT...

A STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILACA...AND WAS MOVING 
EAST AT 15 MPH.  THE STORM HAD WEAKENED QUITE A BIT...AND ONLY WILL 
BE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES THROUGH 830 
PM.  A LITTLE PEA SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY WAS 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 AM.

LAT...LON 4597 9376 4578 9376 4577 9353 4597 9354

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton62 min
Jun 20, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens60 min
Jun 20, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd66 min
Jun 20, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift64 min
Jun 20, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison62 min
Jun 20, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa57 min
Jun 20, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne63 min
Jun 20, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns71 min
Jun 20, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright63 min
Jun 20, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec56 min
Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley64 min
Jun 20, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine64 min
Jun 20, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more3 hr
Jun 20, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 3 more61 min
Jun 20, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley65 min
Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood51 min
Jun 20, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Le Sueur, Rice61 min
Jun 20, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca, Watonwan59 min
Jun 20, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice3 hr
Jun 20, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Martin64 min
Jun 20, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod39 min
Jun 20, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin21 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.