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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2005Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 12:11 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 71 min. 5 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, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2005, 1:22 PM CDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 12:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.75St Joseph, MN
Jun 20, 12:21 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Willmar, MNMEASURED BY WILLMAR ASOS
Jun 20, 12:26 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Willmar, MN
Jun 20, 12:27 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAtwater, MNPOWER LINE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 20, 12:32 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Willmar, MN

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 10:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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°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 201712
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-145-201815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0126.050620T1711Z-050620T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1211 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1207 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 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ALBANY TO 9 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS TO 9 MILES WEST OF
  WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR...
  PAYNESVILLE...
  LITCHFIELD...

LAT...LON 4580 9448 4509 9522 4500 9458 4573 9423

$$
RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201822
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC067-093-145-201836-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-050620T1815Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
116 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND 
STEARNS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1:15 PM. 

A THUNDERSTORM OF MODERATE STRENGTH WILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH 
MEEKER COUNTY THROUGH 1:40 PM AND PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS 
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STEARNS AND KANDIYOHI ARE CLEAR OF 
THE THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. 

LAT...LON 4580 9448 4509 9522 4500 9458 4573 9423

$$

MKM

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, 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, 12:27 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.