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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 3, 2005Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT for Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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
Aug 3, 2005, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Aug 3, 8:50 PM CDTHAIL 24 Ne Milroy, MN
Aug 3, 8:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 W Milroy, MN
Aug 3, 9:23 PM CDTHAIL 1Wabasso, MN

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
Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2005-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 040125
SVRMPX
MNC127-173-040230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0247.050804T0125Z-050804T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
825 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MILROY TO 12 MILES WEST OF MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILROY...
  ECHO...
  VESTA...
  LUCAN...
  BELVIEW...
  SEAFORTH...
  WABASSO...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4464 9559 4433 9559 4432 9510 4465 9524

$$

KAT
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040151
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
849 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

MNC127-173-040230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-REDWOOD MN-
849 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES...

AT 846 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ECHO TO 
MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THESE 
STORMS SHOULD PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE YELLOW MEDICINE AND REDWOOD 
COUNTY LINE...TO THE NORTH OF MILROY AND WEST OF VESTA. HAIL TO THE 
SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WABASSO...VESTA...SEAFORTH...
LUCAN AND BELVIEW.

LAT...LON 4464 9559 4433 9559 4432 9510 4465 9524

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040159
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
858 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

MNC127-173-040230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-REDWOOD MN-
858 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
REDWOOD AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES...

AT 850 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN 4 
MILES NORTHEAST OF MILROY IN REDWOOD COUNTY WITH THIS STORM.

AT 854 PM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM VESTA TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MILROY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WABASSO...SEAFORTH...LUCAN AND
BELVIEW.

LAT...LON 4461 9558 4433 9559 4432 9510 4461 9524

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040217
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

MNC173-040226-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS 
MOVED OUT OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4452 9542 4432 9546 4432 9510 4461 9524

$$

MNC127-040230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-050804T0230Z/
REDWOOD MN-
916 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND DAMAGING WINDS 
TO 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 
MILES NORTHEAST OF SEAFORTH TO WABASSO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VESTA AND LUCAN.

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

LAT...LON 4452 9542 4432 9546 4432 9510 4461 9524

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley64 min
Aug 3, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan54 min
Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth60 min
Aug 3, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley66 min
Aug 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur65 min
Aug 3, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin38 min
Aug 3, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott61 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.