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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2005Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:14 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2005, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 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 174 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 292214
SVRMPX
MNC173-292300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0178.050629T2214Z-050629T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SPRING CREEK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MARSHALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRING CREEK...
  CLARKFIELD...
  HAZEL RUN...
  HANLEY FALLS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4463 9607 4463 9570 4470 9539 4488 9572

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292245
SVSMPX

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

MNC173-292300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-050629T2300Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
544 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

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

AT 542 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLARKFIELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 
NEAR MARSHALL...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF YELLOW 
MEDICINE COUNTY...NEAR HANLEY FALLS AND WOOD LAKE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SPRING CREEK...HAZEL RUN AND
HANLEY FALLS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4463 9607 4463 9570 4470 9539 4488 9572

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292259
SVSMPX

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

MNC173-292307-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-050629T2300Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
557 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

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

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OF YELLOW MEDICINE 
COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4463 9607 4463 9570 4470 9539 4488 9572

$$

KAT

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, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.