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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2005Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
Jul 7, 2005, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 8:14 PM CDTHAIL 1Paynesville, MNALSO REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2005-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 2005-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 080101
SVRMPX
MNC145-080145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0213.050708T0059Z-050708T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 758 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PAYNESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSCOE...
  PAYNESVILLE...
  ST MARTIN...
  LAKE HENRY...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080119
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
819 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005

MNC145-080145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050708T0145Z/
STEARNS MN-
819 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR 
SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 814 PM...HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED IN PAYNESVILLE... 
ACCORDING TO BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A TRAINED SPOTTER.

THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER PAYNESVILLE. IF ANYTHING... IT 
WAS DRIFTING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO TO BE EXPECTED.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSCOE...LAKE HENRY...
AND ST MARTIN.

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476

$$

TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080131
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
830 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005

MNC145-080145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050708T0145Z/
STEARNS MN-
830 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 828 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM NEAR PAYNESVILLE HAD 
SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED...AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...NOR WAS IT 
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  IT 
DID PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN PAYNESVILLE AT 814 PM.  

LAT...LON 4533 9476 4532 9458 4545 9456 4547 9476

$$

TDK

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