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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
60 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), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 291 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 032145
SVRMPX
MNC153-032245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0321.050903T2145Z-050903T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WEST UNION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG
  PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITTLE SAUK...
  GREY EAGLE...
  NORTH SHORE...
  BURTRUM...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4592 9510 4578 9513 4577 9464 4588 9466

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032244
SVSMPX

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

MNC153-032253-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-050903T2245Z/
TODD MN-
543 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TODD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545
PM CDT...

THE SEVERE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY.  HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN FROM THE BROWERVILLE 
AREA THROUGH LONG PRAIRIE TO AROUND GREY EAGLE.  THESE STORMS COULD 
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. 

LAT...LON 4592 9510 4578 9513 4577 9464 4588 9466

$$

BAP

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, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas62 min
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, 4:46 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.