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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 26, 2005Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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
May 26, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2005-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2005-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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 262012
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-262115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0031.050526T2011Z-050526T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR LE CENTER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF ST PETER...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...
  NORTHFIELD...
  MONTGOMERY...
  LONSDALE...
 
LAT...LON 4449 9388 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 262029
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
326 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

MNC079-131-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
326 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR RICE
AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 323 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD BE AFFECTING FAR 
NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY AS WELL.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARSAW...ST THOMAS...ST 
HENRY...NORTHFIELD...NERSTRAND...MONTGOMERY...LONSDALE...LE 
CENTER...HEIDELBERG...DUNDAS AND CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4452 9385 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 262114
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
411 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

MNC079-131-262125-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
411 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN RICE COUNTY...AND 
A SECOND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN RICE COUNTY WEST OF 
WEBSTER. THE WARNINGS WILL NOT BE REISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT HAIL 
UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 4452 9385 4427 9385 4421 9306 4445 9305

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet38 min
May 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott, Sibley58 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington24 min

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.