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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2005Brown County, Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 2:48 AM CDT for Brown County, Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 5, 2005, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 050748
SVRMPX
MNC015-103-143-050830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0034.050605T0748Z-050605T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
248 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 246 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLEEPY
  EYE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW ULM...

LAT...LON 4422 9481 4415 9457 4460 9425 4463 9449
      4470 9456

$$

WET
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 050811
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
310 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

MNC015-103-143-050830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050605T0830Z/
SIBLEY MN-BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-
310 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
NICOLLET...BROWN AND SIBLEY COUNTIES...

AT 308 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ST GEORGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KLOSSNER...WINTHROP...SLEEPY
EYE...LAFAYETTE AND GIBBON.

LAT...LON 4422 9481 4415 9457 4460 9425 4463 9449
      4470 9456

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod34 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWashington42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.