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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2005McLeod County, Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 4:54 AM CDT for McLeod County, Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 24, 2005, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 E Lafayette, MN1 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
Jun 24, 5:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGArlington, MN3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A SHED.

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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2005-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 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 2005-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 240955
SVRMPX
MNC085-103-143-241045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0142.050624T0954Z-050624T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
454 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 452 AM 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 26 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD TO 17 MILES WEST OF GAYLORD TO 21 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GAYLORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON TO 19 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM TO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAYLORD...
  GIBBON...
  BROWNTON...
  STEWART...
  LAFAYETTE...

LAT...LON 4471 9462 4456 9453 4441 9461 4432 9402
      4459 9400 4472 9405

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241023
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

MNC085-103-143-241045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050624T1045Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-
522 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
NICOLLET...SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES...

AT 518 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF NEW AUBURN TO NEW AUBURN TO NEW SWEDEN...OR ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON TO 21 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST PETER...MOVING 
EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST GEORGE...RUSH RIVER...
NORSELAND...NEW ROME...FERNANDO...COATES...WINTHROP...LAFAYETTE...
GIBBON...GAYLORD AND ARLINGTON.

LAT...LON 4471 9462 4456 9453 4441 9461 4442 9403
      4459 9400 4472 9405

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott43 min
Jun 24, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley15 min
Jun 24, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott52 min
Jun 24, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue59 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.