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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2005Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:12 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 5 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 29, 2005, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 29, 5:42 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 702 N Cyrus, MN
Jun 29, 5:42 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70N Cyrus, MN
Jun 29, 6:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 Nw Lowry, MNHWY 55 AND 310TH AVE
Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGarfield, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN.
Jun 29, 6:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Garfield, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND LAKE IDA.

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 29, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 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 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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 292212
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-149-292315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0177.050629T2212Z-050629T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MORRIS TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORRIS...
  GLENWOOD...
  ALEXANDRIA...

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 4575 9610 4542 9613 4543 9516 4578 9515
      4611 9515 4611 9576 4577 9575

$$

RJN/MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292246
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

MNC041-121-149-292315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-050629T2315Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-STEVENS MN-
545 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
STEVENS...POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESESTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST 
OF GLENWOOD TO 10 MILES NORTH OF BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 
HANCOCK IN SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4575 9610 4542 9613 4543 9516 4578 9515
      4611 9515 4611 9576 4577 9575

$$

RJN/MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens56 min
Jun 29, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine46 min
Jun 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift51 min
Jun 29, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood36 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine20 min
Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Todd61 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.