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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 5:36 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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
Sep 3, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 358 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 032239
SVRMPX
MNC049-147-032330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0325.050903T2236Z-050903T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
  LINE EXTENDING FROM MEDFORD TO CANNON FALLS. THE STORMS WERE       
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OWATONNA...
  MEDFORD...
  CLINTON FALLS...
  ASPELUND...
  ZUMBROTA...
  BOMBAY...
  KENYON...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4448 9302 4419 9305 4418 9341 4399 9340
      4395 9306 4420 9304 4422 9257 4456 9275

$$

RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032303
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-147-032330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0325.000000T0000Z-050903T2330Z/
GOODHUE MN-STEELE MN-
559 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR STEELE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES...

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS HAVE DOWNED 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES AND 
DAMAGED AIRCRAFT HANGERS IN FARIBAULT AS THEY ROLLED THROUGH. AT 554 
PM CDT THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST 
NORTHWEST OF GOODHUE TO KENYON TO OWATONNA AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE 
WASTEDO...MOLAND...DEERFIELD...CLINTON 
FALLS...BOMBAY...WANAMINGO...MEDFORD AND KENYON.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4448 9302 4419 9305 4418 9341 4399 9340
      4395 9306 4420 9304 4422 9257 4456 9275

$$

BAP
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032330
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-147-032339-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0325.000000T0000Z-050903T2330Z/
GOODHUE MN-STEELE MN-
629 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEELE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF 
THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4448 9302 4419 9305 4418 9341 4399 9340
      4395 9306 4420 9304 4422 9257 4456 9275

$$

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, 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, 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, 5:55 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.