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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 16, 2005Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2005, 3:58 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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 16, 2005, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDTHAIL 0.88St Cloud, MN
Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.75St Cloud, MNREPORTED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2005-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2005-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 162059
SVRMPX
MNC141-145-162200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0296.050816T2058Z-050816T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST   
  CLOUD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST AUGUSTA...
  LUXEMBURG...
  ST CLOUD...
  
LAT...LON 4559 9422 4542 9435 4541 9394 4553 9401

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 162106
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
405 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

MNC141-145-162200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-
405 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SHERBURNE AND STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 401 PM...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ST CLOUD. 

AT 407 PM...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST CLOUD...AND MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...LUXEMBURG AND
WAITE PARK.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4558 9423 4541 9432 4540 9394 4553 9401

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 162146
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

MNC145-162154-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/
STEARNS MN-
444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.  THEREFORE THE 
WARNING IS CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4555 9415 4541 9402 4540 9394 4553 9400

$$

MNC141-162200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-050816T2200Z/
SHERBURNE MN-
444 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SHERBURNE COUNTY...

AT 442 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKER.  
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING  
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LAT...LON 4555 9415 4541 9402 4540 9394 4553 9400

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd58 min
Aug 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright58 min
Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd50 min
Aug 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison53 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.