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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1Holdingford, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 327 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 032255
SVRMPX
MNC145-040000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0326.050903T2255Z-050904T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES    
  WEST OF HOLDINGFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDINGFORD...
  OPOLE...
  AVON...
  COLLEGEVILLE...
  ST JOSEPH...
  PLEASANT LAKE...
  WAITE PARK...
  LUXEMBURG...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4577 9433 4577 9476 4540 9423 4552 9416

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032329
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-040000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0326.000000T0000Z-050904T0000Z/
STEARNS MN-
626 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 625 PM...ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HOLDINGFORD.

AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OPOLE...WAITE PARK...ST 
JOSEPH...PLEASANT LAKE...HOLDINGFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...ST CLOUD AND 
AVON.

LAT...LON 4577 9433 4577 9476 4540 9423 4552 9416

$$

MKM

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, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Steele54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.