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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2005Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2005, 12:44 AM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 26, 2005, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2005, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 260544
SVRMPX
MNC145-260645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0307.050826T0544Z-050826T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1244 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1240 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
  ST MARTIN TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE HENRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARMING...
  ROSCOE...
  RICHMOND...
  COLD SPRING...
  ST NICHOLAS...
  ROCKVILLE...
  PLEASANT LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4561 9475 4544 9488 4533 9442 4549 9421

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 260621
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
121 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

MNC145-260645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0307.000000T0000Z-050826T0645Z/
STEARNS MN-
121 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 118 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND 
TO ST NICHOLAS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF 
THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE ROSCOE AND COLD SPRING AREAS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUXEMBURG...FARMING...WAITE
PARK...ST MARTIN...ST JOSEPH...ROSCOE...ROCKVILLE...PLEASANT LAKE AND
COLD SPRING.

LAT...LON 4558 9472 4534 9472 4534 9424 4556 9422

$$

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, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd52 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, 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.