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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 2005Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 3, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 3:25 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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
Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2517 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 030739
SVRMPX
MNC073-173-030830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0210.050703T0735Z-050703T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
235 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 234 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE MINNESOTA BORDER.  THE
  STORMS WERE NEAR CLEAR LAKE AND MILBANK SOUTH DAKOTA...MOVING EAST 
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANBY...
  MADISON...
  BOYD...
  DAWSON...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS BETWEEN
50 AND 60 MPH. 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 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609

$$

AZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 030808
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
305 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

MNC073-173-030830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-050703T0830Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
305 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...

AT 303 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THE LEADING EDGE WAS NEAR A MADISON TO CANBY LINE. THE STORMS CONTINUE
TO MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED
WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.  HAIL UP TO DIME 
SIZE...ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO POSE A 
HAZARD. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAWSON...ST LEO...AND BOYD. 

LAT...LON 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609

$$
AZ
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 030825
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
324 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

MNC073-173-030834-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-050703T0830Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
324 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI 
PARLE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4522 9642 4465 9640 4466 9548 4514 9609

$$

AJZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin53 min
Jul 3, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin25 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.