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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 26, 2005Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2005, 3:18 PM CDT for Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2005, 4:16 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 262019
SVRMPX
MNC139-143-262115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.050526T2018Z-050526T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLE PLAINE...
  JORDAN...
  ST BENEDICT...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  CRYSTAL BAY...
  NEW MARKET...

LAT...LON 4468 9409 4450 9413 4455 9377 4456 9333
      4475 9337 4467 9367

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 262040
SVSMPX

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

MNC143-262049-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SIBLEY MN-
339 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
      4475 9337 4467 9367

$$

MNC139-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SCOTT MN-
339 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SCOTT
COUNTY...

AT 336 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ST BENEDICT...PRIOR 
LAKE...NEW MARKET AND JORDAN.

LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
      4475 9337 4467 9367

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 262116
SVSMPX

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

MNC139-262126-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050526T2115Z/
SCOTT MN-
415 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT
415 PM CDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF FAR SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY.  


LAT...LON 4462 9378 4456 9388 4455 9377 4456 9333
      4475 9337 4467 9367

$$

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, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice64 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.