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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 4, 2005McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2005, 12:36 AM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 4, 2005, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 12:49 AM CDTHAIL 17 Nne Hutchinson, MN
Sep 4, 12:49 AM CDTHAIL 18 Nne Hutchinson, MN
Sep 4, 12:54 AM CDTHAIL 27 Nne Hutchinson, 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, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 326 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 040537
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-040630-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0348.050904T0536Z-050904T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1236 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1234 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SILVER LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SILVER LAKE...
  HUTCHINSON...
  BISCAY...
  GREENLEAF...

LAT...LON 4505 9431 4497 9444 4476 9420 4491 9402
      4498 9425

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040554
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1253 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

MNC085-093-040630-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-050904T0630Z/
MEEKER MN-MCLEOD MN-
1253 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR MCLEOD AND MEEKER COUNTIES...

AT 1254 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 8 
MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON WITH THIS STORM.

AT 1251 AM CDT...  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVER
LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR THE MCLEOD AND 
MEEKER COUNTY LINE NORTH OF HUTCHINSON.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4505 9431 4497 9444 4480 9425 4485 9415

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040616
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
115 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

MNC085-093-040630-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0348.000000T0000Z-050904T0630Z/
MEEKER MN-MCLEOD MN-
115 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR MCLEOD AND MEEKER COUNTIES...

AT 114 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED 5 
MILES SOUTH OF DASSEL IN SOUTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY WITH THIS STORM.

AT 112 AM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVER 
LAKE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
BETWEEN DASSEL AND HUTCHINSON NEAR THE MCLEOD AND MEEKER COUNTY LINE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4506 9434 4497 9444 4488 9438 4490 9419

$$

KAT

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, 10:14 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, 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.