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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Atwater, MNTREES DOWN ON HOME
Sep 3, 9:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 W Litchfield, MNQUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL
Sep 3, 9:40 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 W Litchfield, MNQUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 297 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 040131
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-040230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0331.050904T0130Z-050904T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  ATWATER...
  GROVE CITY...
  MANANNAH...
  
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4532 9465 4521 9490 4494 9472 4510 9430

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040204
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-040230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-050904T0230Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
902 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STROUT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO 
INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE KANDIYOHI AND MEEKER BORDER 
EAST OF SPICER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANANNAH...LITCHFIELD...GROVE
CITY AND ATWATER.

LAT...LON 4532 9465 4530 9483 4493 9478 4502 9440

$$

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Wright54 min
Sep 3, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns46 min
Sep 3, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin67 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.