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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 10, 2005Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 10, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2005-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 110159
SVRMPX
MNC093-110230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0014.050411T0158Z-050411T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
858 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CORVUSO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR MILLS.
  COSMOS.
  CORVUSO.
  STROUT.

LAT...LON 4489 9452 4499 9450 4512 9477 4489 9476

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110228
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
927 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

MNC093-110237-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050411T0230Z/
MEEKER MN-
927 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
MEEKER COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE... 
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4489 9452 4499 9450 4512 9477 4489 9476

$$

KAT

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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.