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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 2005Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2005, 3:40 AM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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 21, 2005, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2005-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1056 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 2005-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
1056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210840
SVRMPX
MNC091-165-210945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0224.050721T0840Z-050721T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 337 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT...OR ABOUT OVER JACKSON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRMONT...
  ST JAMES...
  MADELIA...
  SHERBURN...
  BUTTERFIELD...
  CEYLON...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4371 9485 4352 9485 4351 9427 4384 9426
      4383 9439 4409 9440 4409 9484

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210944
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
443 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005

MNC091-165-210953-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-050721T0945Z/
WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN-
443 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN AND WATONWAN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE 
AREA. THEREFORE...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. 

LAT...LON 4371 9485 4352 9485 4351 9427 4384 9426
      4383 9439 4409 9440 4409 9484

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault60 min
Jul 21, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Waseca60 min
Jul 21, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele40 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.