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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 17, 2005Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2005, 11:07 PM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 17, 2005, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2005-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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 2005-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 180407
SVRMPX
MNC143-180430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0017.050418T0407Z-050418T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1107 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  WEST OF GAYLORD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GIBBON...
  WINTHROP...

STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 

LAT...LON 4459 9451 4448 9432 4470 9399 4470 9423
      4463 9425

$$

MKM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 180420
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1120 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

MNC143-180430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050418T0430Z/
SIBLEY MN-
1120 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
SIBLEY COUNTY...

AT 1110 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WINTHROP...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GAYLORD...NEW AUBURN AND 
ARLINGTON. 

LAT...LON 4459 9451 4448 9432 4470 9399 4470 9423
      4463 9425

$$

MKM
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 180429
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1128 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

MNC143-180438-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050418T0430Z/
SIBLEY MN-
1128 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIBLEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE DROPPED LARGE HAIL WEST AND 
NORTH OF WINTHROP HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY. THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SIBLEY COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4459 9451 4448 9432 4470 9399 4470 9423
      4463 9425

$$

MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet33 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.