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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 4:46 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2005, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 5:00 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 Se Jordan, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 384 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°0°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 032148
SVRMPX
MNC139-032245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0322.050903T2146Z-050903T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM SHAKOPEE TO BELLE      
  PLAINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JORDAN...
  SHAKOPEE...
  MARYSTOWN...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  ST BENEDICT...
  HELENA...
  SAVAGE...
  CRYSTAL BAY...
  VESELI...
  NEW MARKET...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4480 9353 4471 9361 4461 9383 4455 9387
      4456 9332 4466 9332 4477 9336

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032240
SVSMPX

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

MNC139-032249-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-050903T2245Z/
SCOTT MN-
539 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

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

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF SCOTT COUNTY. 
THUS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 4480 9353 4471 9361 4461 9383 4455 9387
      4456 9332 4466 9332 4477 9336

$$

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, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd60 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.