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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 5:10 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2005, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 5:41 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 272211
SVRMPX
MNC127-272300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0154.050627T2210Z-050627T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS...
  BELVIEW...
  DELHI...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4469 9534 4454 9536 4430 9496 4449 9487

$$

MKM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272229
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-272300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-050627T2300Z/
REDWOOD MN-
526 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 523 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELHI...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD 
FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE REDWOOD FALLS...MORGAN...
CLEMENTS AND BELVIEW.

LAT...LON 4469 9534 4454 9536 4430 9496 4449 9487

$$

MKM
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272241
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-272252-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-050627T2300Z/
REDWOOD MN-
542 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

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

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4469 9534 4454 9536 4430 9496 4449 9487

$$

MKM

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, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright61 min
Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin56 min
Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.