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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 8, 2005Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 5:11 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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: May 8, 2005, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 082211
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-082315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0023.050508T2211Z-050508T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
511 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 27 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRMONT...
  BLUE EARTH...

LAT...LON 4318 9452 4314 9428 4383 9376 4383 9483
      4350 9484

$$
NAISTAT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 082247
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

MNC043-091-082315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050508T2315Z/
FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN-
545 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
MARTIN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF 
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FAIRMONT SOUTHEASTWARD INTO 
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. 

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER IN THE CITY OF FAIRMONT AT 
543PM.  

RADAR INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS NEAR ELMORE 
BETWEEN 550 PM AND 615 PM.

LAT...LON 4318 9452 4314 9428 4383 9376 4383 9483
      4350 9484

$$

RJN

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 082311
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
609 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

MNC043-091-082325-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050508T2315Z/
FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN-
609 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT FOR 
MARTIN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS FROM TRUMAN TO ELMORE...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 35 
MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE 
HAIL. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES 
EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4318 9452 4314 9428 4383 9376 4383 9483
      4350 9484

$$
RJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	45 min
May 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	40 min
May 8, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	64 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	48 min

Nearby

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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.