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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 4:29 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 27, 2005, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 S Watkins, MNHAIL BEGAN AS 1.5 INCH HAIL AT 410 PM AND TAPERED OFF TO 0.75 INCH HAIL BY 435 PM. HAILED FOR 25 MINUTES.
Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.53 S Watkins, MNHAS BEEN HAILING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 410 PM CDT.
Jun 27, 4:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 W Fairhaven, MN
Jun 27, 5:03 PM CDTHAIL 0.88South Haven, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 768 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 272129
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-171-272230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0151.050627T2129Z-050627T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
429 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  KIMBALL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIMBALL...
  SOUTH HAVEN...
  FAIRHAVEN...
  LUXEMBURG...
  ST AUGUSTA...
  HASTY...
  CLEARWATER...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4532 9450 4517 9437 4536 9395 4552 9421

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272149
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
447 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

MNC093-145-171-272230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050627T2230Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
447 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
MEEKER...WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FAIRHAVEN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR 
CLEARWATER LAKE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...SILVER CREEK...
LUXEMBURG...HASTY...WATKINS...SOUTH HAVEN...KINGSTON...KIMBALL...
CLEARWATER AND ANNANDALE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL TO AN INCH 
AND A HALF IN DIAMETER. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4530 9447 4518 9431 4531 9389 4552 9421

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272218
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
517 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

MNC093-145-171-272230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-050627T2230Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
517 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
MEEKER...WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HASTY TO LITCHFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD. THE 
LINE OF STORMS WAS ALMOST STATIONARY...ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUAL STORMS 
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRHAVEN...SOUTH HAVEN...
KINGSTON AND KIMBALL.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4509 9462 4505 9454 4535 9395 4546 9414

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns50 min
Jun 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine49 min
Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin56 min
Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne53 min
Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood31 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey30 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright58 min
Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti52 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca49 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWright3 hr
Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka41 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice51 min
Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey35 min
Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca38 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.