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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2005, 5:52 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 031054 SVRMPX MNC091-031145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0211.050703T1052Z-050703T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 552 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 550 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...NEAR TRIMONT. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAIRMONT... TRIMONT... SHERBURN... WELCOME... 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 4383 9484 4352 9484 4355 9438 4381 9439 $$ TDK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 031112 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 611 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 MNC091-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-050703T1145Z/ MARTIN MN- 611 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... AT 610 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF FAIRMONT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS INTENSIFYING ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT...NEAR WELCOME AND SHERBURN. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...AND PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOXLAKE... WELCOME... SHERBURN...NORTHROP...TRUMAN...AND FAIRMONT. LAT...LON 4383 9484 4352 9484 4355 9438 4381 9439 $$ TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 25 min |
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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.