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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2005Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 10:39 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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 20, 2005, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 11:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Hewitt, MN
Jun 20, 11:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 71Hewitt, MNMEASURED WITH ANEMOMETER.
Jun 20, 11:22 AM CDTHAIL 0.753 W Long Prairie, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-433 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 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 201539
SVRMPX
MNC153-201645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0121.050620T1539Z-050620T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1036 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LONG PRAIRIE...

LAT...LON 4634 9511 4616 9512 4580 9506 4583 9475
      4633 9468

$$
RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201642
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1141 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC153-201700-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050620T1645Z/
TODD MN-
1141 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TODD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 AM CDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS TODD 
COUNTY.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN 
GREY EAGLE...BURTRUM...AND PLEASANT BEACH UNTIL NOON.


LAT...LON 4634 9511 4616 9512 4580 9506 4583 9475
      4633 9468

$$
RJN

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, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs65 min
Jun 20, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.