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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 345, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2005, 10:58 PM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 334 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 040359
SVRMPX
MNC143-040500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0345.050904T0358Z-050904T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1058 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF
  HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAYLORD...
  WINTHROP...
  NEW AUBURN...
  RUSH RIVER...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4462 9413 4463 9444 4447 9434 4446 9393

$$

RAH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 3, 3:22 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:22 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS WITH LITTLE TIME FOR DISCUSSION. STRONG
LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE CWA WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY. MCV EVIDENT TO OUR NORTH ATTM WITH TRAINING
ECHOES DEVELOPING CURRENTLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CWA. WARMER MID
LEVEL TEMPERATURES SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A
PRETTY GOOD CAP IN PLACE. STAYED DRY. NEXT FRONT STILL ON TRACK FOR
TUESDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LONGER TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
WITH CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER LITTLE TIME TO ADD TO DISCUSSION. COLD
FRONT PASSING THRU AREA TUESDAY NIGHT TRYING TO REACH IA BEFORE
COMING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AHEAD OF APPROACHING VIGOROUS
UPPER TROF.  ADDED SOME POPS TO S AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AND RAISED
SURFACE DEWPOINTS SOMEWHAT IN DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY FLOW.  UPPER TROF
SHOULD CARRY SURFACE FEATURE THRU AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MN...NONE.
.WI...NONE.

&&

RAH/BAP

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
942 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023-024-026-041100-
ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-
LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-
SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-
WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
942 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

WIZ014>016-025-027-028-041100-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-POLK-RUSK-
942 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME THESE
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
933 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     HAIL             EDEN PRAIRIE            44.85N 93.46W
09/03/2005  0.75 INCH        HENNEPIN           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL

0911 PM     HAIL             CEDAR MILLS             44.95N 94.52W
09/03/2005  1.00 INCH        MEEKER             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOLDEN VALLEY           44.99N 93.36W
09/03/2005                   HENNEPIN           MN   AMATEUR RADIO

            4 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN ON THEODORE WORTH PARKWAY

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W ATWATER             45.14N 94.82W
09/03/2005                   KANDIYOHI          MN   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON HOME

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
947 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             2 W LITCHFIELD          45.12N 94.57W
09/03/2005  0.75 INCH        MEEKER             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
951 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             2 W LITCHFIELD          45.12N 94.57W
09/03/2005  1.75 INCH        MEEKER             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:22 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1022 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1008 PM     HAIL             2 N NEW PRAGUE          44.58N 93.57W
09/03/2005  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME SIZE HAIL

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:30 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     HAIL             ARLINGTON               44.61N 94.08W
09/03/2005  0.88 INCH        SIBLEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:47 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1047 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1032 PM     HAIL             STEWART                 44.73N 94.49W
09/03/2005  1.00 INCH        MCLEOD             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Wright	54 min
Sep 3, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	46 min
Sep 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	67 min
Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	60 min
Sep 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	65 min
Sep 3, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Wright	56 min
Sep 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	64 min
Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	66 min
Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	63 min
Sep 3, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	65 min
Sep 3, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	64 min
Sep 3, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	55 min
Sep 3, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	65 min
Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	55 min
Sep 3, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	61 min
Sep 3, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	59 min
Sep 3, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	54 min
Sep 3, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	62 min
Sep 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	65 min
Sep 4, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker	54 min
Sep 4, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker	63 min
Sep 4, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker	3 hr
Sep 4, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	67 min
Sep 4, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Sherburne	63 min
Sep 4, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	65 min
Sep 4, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	63 min
Sep 4, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	55 min
Sep 4, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Sherburne, Wright	63 min
Sep 4, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Sherburne	63 min
Sep 4, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	53 min
Sep 4, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	64 min
Sep 4, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	3 hr
Sep 4, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	54 min
Sep 4, 5:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott	3 hr
Sep 4, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	65 min
Sep 4, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	59 min
Sep 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	56 min
Sep 4, 5:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Ramsey	3 hr
Sep 4, 6:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin	65 min
Sep 4, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	63 min
Sep 4, 6:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Rice, Steele	4 hr
Sep 4, 6:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.