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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2005Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report 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, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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, 5:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGGreen Isle, MN1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMBS 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 241045
SVRMPX
MNC143-241115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0144.050624T1045Z-050624T1115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 544 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  EAST OF GREEN ISLE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 4471 9404 4454 9395 4457 9391 4472 9390

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241100
SVSMPX

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

MNC143-241110-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-050624T1115Z/
SIBLEY MN-
600 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4471 9404 4454 9395 4457 9391 4472 9390

$$

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, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott43 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.