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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 5, 2005Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2005, 10:43 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine 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 5, 2005, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 5, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2005-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 060344
SVRMPX
MNC173-060445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0367.050906T0343Z-050906T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1043 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1041 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CLARKFIELD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARKFIELD...
  GRANITE FALLS...
  HAZEL RUN...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4487 9583 4468 9585 4470 9543 4488 9566

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060442
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1141 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

MNC173-060451-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-050906T0445Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
1141 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED 
SOUTH AND EAST OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 
AT 11:45 PM. 

LAT...LON 4487 9583 4468 9585 4470 9543 4488 9566

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift45 min
Sep 5, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas40 min
Sep 5, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd55 min
Sep 5, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville62 min
Sep 5, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker63 min
Sep 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs40 min

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.