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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2005Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 6:46 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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, 6:46 AM CDT (11:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 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, 7:05 AM CDTHAIL 1.75Ellsworth, WIREPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
Jun 24, 7:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Ellsworth, WISHED DAMAGED IN TRIMBELLE TOWNSHIP. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
Jun 24, 7:12 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGEllsworth, WITREES DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 241146
SVRMPX
MNC049-WIC093-241245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0146.050624T1146Z-050624T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 644 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
  NORTHWEST OF RED WING TO 15 MILES WEST OF RED WING...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIVER FALLS TO 15 MILES
  WEST OF RED WING...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RED WING...
  ELLSWORTH...
  CANNON FALLS...
  RIVER FALLS...

LAT...LON 4478 9274 4457 9271 4446 9297 4441 9247
      4466 9221 4485 9232

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241213
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-241222-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050624T1245Z/
GOODHUE MN-
712 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

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

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF GOODHUE COUNTY 
SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4484 9270 4469 9261 4463 9253 4464 9241
      4466 9221 4485 9232

$$

WIC093-241245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050624T1245Z/
PIERCE WI-
712 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
PIERCE COUNTY...

AT 709 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTEL TO ELLSWORTH...OR 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF ELLSWORTH TO 
ELLSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELDENVILLE.

LAT...LON 4484 9270 4469 9261 4463 9253 4464 9241
      4466 9221 4485 9232

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241241
SVSMPX

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

WIC093-241251-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050624T1245Z/
PIERCE WI-
741 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 AM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF PIERCE COUNTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4484 9270 4469 9261 4463 9253 4464 9241
      4466 9221 4485 9232

$$

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, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley15 min
Jun 24, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott52 min
Jun 24, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 min
Jun 24, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.