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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 6:39 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 272341
SVRMPX
MNC131-280030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0161.050627T2339Z-050628T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRIDGEWATER...
  MORRISTOWN...
  WARSAW...
  DUNDAS...
  FARIBAULT...
  SHEILDSVILLE...

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 4432 9355 4419 9337 4439 9316 4452 9331

$$

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, 5:10 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, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey35 min
Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.