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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 16, 2005Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morrison County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 W Little Falls, MNHAILED ALONG HIGHWAY 27. TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 162308
SVRMPX
MNC097-170000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0301.050816T2307Z-050817T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  WEST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITTLE FALLS...
  FLENSBURG...
  SOBIESKI...
  ELMDALE...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 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 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9413
      4595 9409

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 162322
SVSMPX

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

MNC097-170000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0301.000000T0000Z-050817T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
MORRISON COUNTY...

AT 617 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BUCKMAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRILL...BOWLES...UPSALA...
SOBIESKI...ROYALTON...PIERZ...LITTLE FALLS...GENOLA...FLENSBURG...
ELMDALE AND BOWLUS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR 
LAREG 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 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9384
      4590 9377 4599 9381

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 162358
SVSMPX

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

MNC097-170010-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0301.000000T0000Z-050817T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
658 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER 
SEVERE.


LAT...LON 4606 9460 4580 9460 4580 9435 4583 9384
      4590 9377 4599 9381

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns62 min
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

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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.