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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 2005Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2005, 8:39 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 15, 2005, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2005, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2005-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 2005-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-408 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 160139
SVRMPX
MNC073-160230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0216.050716T0139Z-050716T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
839 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 836 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROVIDENCE...
  DAWSON...
  BOYD...

LAT...LON 4495 9619 4481 9618 4482 9586 4499 9585

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 160205
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
903 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

MNC073-160213-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-050716T0230Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
903 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 900 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...MOVING EAST 
AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4495 9619 4481 9618 4482 9586 4499 9585

$$

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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.