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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2005Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 7:59 AM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 7 reports 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 23, 2005, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2005, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 8:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 W Donnelly, MN4 TO 5 INCH LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 23, 8:19 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 66Morris, MN
Jul 23, 8:19 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 66N Morris, MN
Jul 23, 8:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGDonnelly, MNTREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN.
Jul 23, 8:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGDonnelly, MNMACHINE SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
Jul 23, 8:33 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 856 N Morris, MNMEASURED BY DAVIS SYSTEM.
Jul 23, 8:33 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 859 Nne Morris, MNMEASURED BY DAVIS SYSTEM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWAN LAKE.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 23, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 231300
SVRMPX
MNC149-151-231345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0228.050723T1259Z-050723T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 754 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MORRIS TO 24 MILES WEST OF APPLETON...AND MOVING EAST 
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORRIS...
  APPLETON...
  BENSON...
  CHOKIO...
  DANVERS...
  HOLLOWAY...

LAT...LON 4575 9619 4555 9614 4519 9609 4518 9540
      4539 9547 4540 9578 4575 9579

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 231326
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
825 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

MNC149-151-231345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-050723T1345Z/
STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN-
825 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR SWIFT
AND STEVENS COUNTIES...

AT 819 AM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 66 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MORRIS 
WITH THIS STORM. WIND DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED WEST OF DONNELLY AT 
810 AM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

AT 824 AM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DONNELLY TO HANCOCK TO APPLETON...MOVING 
EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRIS...HOLLOWAY...DE
GRAFF...DANVERS...CLONTARF...BENSON...BELGRADE AND ALBERTA.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4575 9619 4555 9614 4519 9609 4518 9540
      4539 9547 4540 9578 4575 9579

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:33 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more15 hr
Jul 23, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope53 min
Jul 23, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift60 min
Jul 23, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Todd66 min
Jul 23, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope47 min
Jul 23, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker61 min
Jul 23, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne64 min
Jul 23, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright59 min
Jul 23, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs54 min
Jul 23, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin63 min
Jul 23, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka56 min
Jul 23, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Ramsey, Washington53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.