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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 7:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Wright 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, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Hawick, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 317 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1333 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 040037
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-171-040130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0328.050904T0036Z-050904T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GEORGEVILLE TO
  ST NICHOLAS TO ST AUGUSTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPICER...
  REGAL...
  HAWICK...
  ENFIELD...
  MANANNAH...
  SILVER CREEK...
  MONTICELLO...
  WATKINS...
  WESTPORT...
  ST MICHAEL...
  SOUTH HAVEN...
  MAPLE LAKE...
  KINGSTON...
  ANNANDALE...
  ALBERTVILLE...

LAT...LON 4532 9440 4532 9477 4541 9478 4540 9511
      4519 9500 4518 9370 4525 9357 4539 9399
      4528 9424 4528 9439

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040115
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-171-040130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0328.000000T0000Z-050904T0130Z/
WRIGHT MN-KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
811 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 810 PM...GOLF BALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HAWICK.

AT 810 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW LONDON TO 
MANANNAH TO ANNANDALE TO SILVER CREEK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH 
AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAWICK...HASTY... 
ENFIELD...WATKINS...ST MICHAEL...REGAL...MONTICELLO...MAPLE 
LAKE...KINGSTON AND ALBERTVILLE.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4532 9440 4532 9477 4541 9478 4540 9511
      4519 9500 4518 9370 4525 9357 4539 9399
      4528 9424 4528 9439

$$

RAH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns46 min
Sep 3, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin67 min
Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker60 min
Sep 3, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota65 min
Sep 3, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Wright56 min
Sep 3, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott64 min
Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville66 min
Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue63 min
Sep 3, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker65 min
Sep 3, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota64 min
Sep 3, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice55 min
Sep 3, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott65 min
Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley55 min
Sep 3, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue61 min
Sep 3, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville59 min
Sep 3, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice54 min
Sep 3, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley62 min
Sep 3, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod62 min
Sep 3, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley65 min
Sep 4, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker54 min
Sep 4, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker63 min
Sep 4, 1:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker3 hr
Sep 4, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright67 min
Sep 4, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne63 min
Sep 4, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin65 min
Sep 4, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod63 min
Sep 4, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver55 min
Sep 4, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne, Wright63 min
Sep 4, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne63 min
Sep 4, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin53 min
Sep 4, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver64 min
Sep 4, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin3 hr
Sep 4, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott54 min
Sep 4, 5:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Scott3 hr
Sep 4, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin65 min
Sep 4, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver59 min
Sep 4, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott56 min
Sep 4, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRamsey3 hr
Sep 4, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin65 min
Sep 4, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott63 min
Sep 4, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRice, Steele4 hr
Sep 4, 6:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin2 hr

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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.