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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 10:14 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 354 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2005-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 040315
SVRMPX
MNC049-040415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0342.050904T0314Z-050904T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZUMBROTA...OR
  ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZUMBROTA...
  BOMBAY...
  PINE ISLAND...
  BELLECHESTER...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4447 9268 4435 9286 4421 9256 4438 9257

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040416
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1116 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MNC049-040426-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-050904T0415Z/
GOODHUE MN-
1116 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GOODHUE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1115 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4447 9268 4435 9286 4421 9256 4438 9257

$$

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, 8:30 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, 10:16 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

Nearby

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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.