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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 2005Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT for Rice 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
Aug 9, 2005, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2005-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2206 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 092027
SVRMPX
MNC131-092130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0282.050809T2025Z-050809T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
325 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF      
  VESELI...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHFIELD...
  LONSDALE...
  WEBSTER...
  DUNDAS...
  SHIELDSVILLE...
  NERSTRAND...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4455 9350 4438 9351 4422 9308 4444 9309
      4446 9329 4453 9332

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 092128
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
427 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

MNC131-092137-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0282.000000T0000Z-050809T2130Z/
RICE MN-
427 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
430 PM...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  THEREFORE THE 
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4455 9350 4438 9351 4422 9308 4444 9309
      4446 9329 4453 9332

$$
DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas39 min
Aug 9, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas41 min
Aug 9, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd57 min
Aug 9, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison60 min
Aug 9, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs44 min
Aug 9, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin49 min
Aug 9, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley42 min
Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood38 min
Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott47 min
Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin64 min
Aug 9, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet73 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott45 min
Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet34 min
Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown32 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington59 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca61 min
Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin39 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue65 min
Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele46 min
Aug 9, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault70 min
Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca25 min
Aug 9, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn50 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.