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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 2:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 3, 2005, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 3, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 2005-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 032000
SVRMPX
MNC041-032100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0313.050903T1958Z-050903T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
258 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 254 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST 
SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSAKIS...
  FORADA...
  THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND SAUK CENTRE...

HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 3 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA WITH THIS STORM AT 2:58 PM.

LAT...LON 4595 9552 4577 9551 4577 9515 4588 9515

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032103
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
403 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MNC041-032113-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0313.000000T0000Z-050903T2100Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
403 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 400 
PM CDT...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. 

LAT...LON 4595 9552 4577 9551 4577 9515 4588 9515

$$

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi48 min
Sep 3, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker31 min
Sep 3, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStearns4 hr
Sep 3, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi39 min
Sep 3, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker23 min
Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker39 min
Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright62 min
Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver56 min
Sep 3, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley55 min
Sep 3, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin51 min
Sep 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd60 min
Sep 3, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott54 min
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur46 min
Sep 3, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice54 min
Sep 3, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Steele54 min
Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns65 min
Sep 3, 6:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStearns3 hr
Sep 3, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns64 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.