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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2005Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 8:54 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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 23, 2005, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 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 231356
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-153-231500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0231.050723T1354Z-050723T1500Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 851 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21   
  MILES NORTHWEST OF SAUK CENTRE TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUK       
  CENTRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAUK CENTRE...
  LONG PRAIRIE...
  ALBANY...
  PAYNESVILLE...
  SUNBURG...
  NEW LONDON...
  GREY EAGLE...
  BROOTEN...

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING 
WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD 
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4603 9513 4532 9512 4535 9474 4533 9428
      4601 9484

$$

KAT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 231418
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-145-153-231500-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-050723T1500Z/
TODD MN-STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
916 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
KANDIYOHI...STEARNS AND TODD COUNTIES...

AT 913 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
80 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
LINE EXTENDING FROM LITTLE SAUK TO NEW MUNICH TO REGAL...MOVING EAST 
AT 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOVING TOWARD ST CLOUD.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST CLOUD...ST NICHOLAS... 
PLEASANT BEACH...PILLSBURY...PADUA...NORTH SHORE...GEORGEVILLE... 
FARMING...CLOTHO...WEST UNION...ST ROSA...ST MARTIN...SPRING 
HILL...SAUK CENTRE...ROSCOE...RICHMOND...PAYNESVILLE... 
MELROSE...MEIRE  GROVE...LONG PRAIRIE...LAKE HENRY...GREY 
EAGLE...GREY EAGLE...GREENWALD...FREEPORT...ELROSA...COLD SPRING AND 
ALBANY.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS STORM 
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. 
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4603 9513 4532 9512 4535 9474 4533 9428
      4601 9484

$$

KAT

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 231458
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-145-153-231508-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-050723T1500Z/
TODD MN-STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
958 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI...STEARNS AND TODD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
KANDIYOHI...STEARNS AND TODD COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE 
COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4603 9513 4532 9512 4535 9474 4533 9428
      4601 9484

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 3:33 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 30 more	15 hr
Jul 23, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	46 min
Jul 23, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	53 min
Jul 23, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	60 min
Jul 23, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	47 min
Jul 23, 9:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	61 min
Jul 23, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne	64 min
Jul 23, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	59 min
Jul 23, 10:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	54 min
Jul 23, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	63 min
Jul 23, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka	56 min
Jul 23, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Ramsey, Washington	53 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.