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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2005Carver County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 5:32 AM CDT for Carver County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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 24, 6:02 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 67Belle Plaine, MNMEASURED BY MNDOT SENSOR.
Jun 24, 6:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelle Plaine, MN8-10 INCH TREES DOWN
Jun 24, 6:09 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelle Plaine, MN8-10 INCH TREES DOWN

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 241033
SVRMPX
MNC019-139-241115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0143.050624T1032Z-050624T1115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 531 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 20 MILES WEST
  OF WACONIA TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACONIA TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF WACONIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HUTCHINSON TO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 14 MILES NORTH OF
  ST PETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WACONIA...
  BELLE PLAINE...
  COLOGNE...
  NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
  JORDAN...

LAT...LON 4489 9399 4474 9399 4473 9388 4466 9373
      4456 9389 4456 9334 4465 9334 4488 9361

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241054
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-139-241115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-050624T1115Z/
CARVER MN-SCOTT MN-
554 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR SCOTT
AND CARVER COUNTIES...

AT 544 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WAS REPORTED IN HAMBURG 
WITH THIS STORM.

AT 552 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 ST BENEDICT TO 
BELLE PLAINE TO COLOGNE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF ST PETER TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR TO 17 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VESELI...MARYSTOWN...HELENA...
CRYSTAL BAY...SHAKOPEE...PRIOR LAKE...NEW MARKET...JORDAN...CHASKA
AND CARVER.

LAT...LON 4476 9395 4473 9390 4470 9386 4466 9373
      4456 9389 4456 9334 4465 9334 4488 9361

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241109
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-139-241115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-050624T1115Z/
CARVER MN-SCOTT MN-
608 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR SCOTT
AND CARVER COUNTIES...

AT 557 AM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NEW 
PRAGUE WITH THIS STORM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN BELLE 
PLAINE AND NEW PRAGUE HAVE BEEN RELAYED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 
STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

AT 605 AM CDT... THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM NEW MARKET TO MARYSTOWN TO CHASKA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
BURNSVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF EXCELSIOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST BENEDICT...HELENA...CRYSTAL
BAY...SHAKOPEE...PRIOR LAKE...JORDAN AND CARVER.

LAT...LON 4483 9375 4473 9374 4469 9373 4465 9370
      4457 9358 4456 9334 4465 9333 4488 9361

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley51 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.