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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 6:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 29, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 Sw Glenwood, MN
Jun 29, 6:38 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Glenwood, MN
Jun 29, 6:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGlenwood, MNFEW TREES DOWN.
Jun 29, 6:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG12 Se Alexandria, MNFOUR INCH TREE BRANCHES ON INTERSTATE 94.
Jun 29, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Osakis, MN

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, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 292315
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-153-300015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0181.050629T2314Z-050630T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 608 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 24 MILES     
  NORTH OF LONG PRAIRIE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENSON...AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GROVE LAKE...
  CLARISSA...
  BROWERVILLE...
  PHILBROOK...

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 4610 9526 4542 9552 4542 9515 4576 9515
      4634 9462 4637 9507

$$

MKM/RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292335
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-121-153-300015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-050630T0015Z/
TODD MN-DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
632 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
POPE...DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...12 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS 4 
MILES NORTHEAST OF GARFIELD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...ACCORDING TO PUBLIC 
REPORTS RELAYED THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AT 632 PM... HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN STARBUCK AND GLENWOOD IN POPE COUNTY.

AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES WEST 
OF BRAINERD TO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...ROSE CITY...
GROVE LAKE...CLOTHO...BELLE RIVER...VILLARD...SEDAN...OSAKIS...
NELSON...HEWITT...GLENWOOD...FORADA...EAGLE BEND...CLARISSA...
CARLOS...BROWERVILLE AND BERTHA.

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

LAT...LON 4610 9526 4542 9552 4542 9515 4576 9515
      4634 9462 4637 9507

$$

MKM/RJN

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, 5:14 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.