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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2005Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2005, 10:18 PM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2005-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-565 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210319
SVRMPX
MNC091-210400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0141.050621T0318Z-050621T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1018 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THIS STORM WAS      
  LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT   
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRMONT...
  SHERBURNE...
  CEYLON...
 
LAT...LON 4385 9460 4379 9483 4351 9470 4353 9426

$$
JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210341
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC091-210400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-050621T0400Z/
MARTIN MN-
1040 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 1038 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EAST CHAIN AND CEYLON.

LAT...LON 4385 9460 4379 9483 4351 9470 4353 9426

$$
JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210359
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1057 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC091-210407-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-050621T0400Z/
MARTIN MN-
1057 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...

A WEAKENING STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MARTIN COUNTY... 
AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM. NO OTHER 
WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. 

LAT...LON 4385 9460 4379 9483 4351 9470 4353 9426

$$

JPR

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.