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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 2005Martin County, Minnesota

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1958 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine50 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.