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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 30, 2005McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2005, 6:46 AM CST for McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 30, 2005, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2005, 7:30 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 308 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-03-30Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -119 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
2744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 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 301248
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-301330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.050330T1246Z-050330T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
646 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHWEST MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 640 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR       
  HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON.
  LITCHFIELD.
  STOUT.
  WESTPORT.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT STEWART AT 630 AM.

LAT...LON 4493 9459 4482 9435 4527 9430 4532 9464

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 301304
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

MNC085-301313-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050330T1330Z/
MCLEOD MN-
703 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4497 9460 4500 9431 4527 9431 4532 9464

$$

MNC093-301330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050330T1330Z/
MEEKER MN-
703 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR 
MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 658 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DARWIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
LITCHFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STROUT...WESTPORT AND
KINGSTON.

LAT...LON 4497 9460 4500 9431 4527 9431 4532 9464

$$
JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 301323
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

MNC093-301333-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050330T1330Z/
MEEKER MN-
723 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4497 9460 4500 9431 4527 9431 4532 9464

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 4:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin25 min
Mar 30, 5:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan28 min
Mar 30, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele36 min
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 min
Mar 30, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue32 min
Mar 30, 2:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue31 min
Mar 30, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.