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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 25, 2005Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 25, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2005-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1374 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 260124
SVRMPX
MNC153-260215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0303.050826T0123Z-050826T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES
  WEST OF STAPLES...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND
  MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STAPLES...
  HEWITT...
  BERTHA...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF TODD 
COUNTY...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
QUARTERS. STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4636 9514 4617 9515 4619 9470 4637 9475

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 260150
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

MNC153-260215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0303.000000T0000Z-050826T0215Z/
TODD MN-
850 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR TODD
COUNTY...

AT 848 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERTHA...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PHILBROOK...HEWITT AND EAGLE
BEND.

LAT...LON 4636 9514 4613 9514 4611 9466 4634 9467

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas49 min
Aug 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas63 min
Aug 25, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas2 hr
Aug 25, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope38 min
Aug 25, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope3 hr
Aug 25, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns52 min
Aug 26, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSwift3 hr
Aug 26, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns61 min
Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker60 min
Aug 26, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Wright61 min
Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi3 hr
Aug 26, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStearns3 hr
Aug 26, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa3 hr
Aug 26, 3:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSwift3 hr
Aug 26, 4:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi3 hr

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.