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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 20056 counties in Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 2:29 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Jim Falls, WITREE FELL...BLOCKING ROAD.
Jun 20, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Menomonie, WI2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
Jun 20, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEau Claire, WISEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 20, 3:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEau Claire, WI5 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMB FELL ON TRUCK.

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
Jun 20, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 201928
SVRMPX
MNC049-079-131-WIC017-033-035-091-093-107-202030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0135.050620T1929Z-050620T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTHFIELD...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RICHMOND TO 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RED WING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MENOMONIE...
  DURAND...
  BLOOMER...
  LADYSMITH...
  EAU CLAIRE...
  CHIPPEWA FALLS...

LAT...LON 4573 9105 4522 9152 4447 9271 4449 9387
      4427 9382 4422 9270 4468 9184 4466 9095

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Polk, Saint Croix61 min
Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron60 min
Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire33 min
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, 12:11 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, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley65 min
Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood51 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.