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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 27, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 27, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.75New Brighton, MNNEAR HIGHVIEW SCHOOL.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 272229
SVRMPX
MNC123-272300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0155.050627T2230Z-050627T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ROSEVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAPLEWOOD...
  NEW BRIGHTON...
  ARDEN HILLS...
  SHOREVIEW...

LAT...LON 4511 9322 4496 9320 4498 9299 4512 9302

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272259
SVSMPX

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

MNC123-272309-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-050627T2300Z/
RAMSEY MN-
559 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RAMSEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR RAMSEY COUNTY HAS WEAKENED 
TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR RAMSEY COUNTY 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4511 9322 4496 9320 4498 9299 4512 9302

$$

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, 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, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood31 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.