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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 5, 2005Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2005, 10:58 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville 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, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 060400
SVRMPX
MNC023-067-129-060500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0369.050906T0358Z-050906T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1058 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING BIG BEND CITY TO  
  MONTEVIDEO TO 5 MILES WEST OF GRANITE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT   
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR...
  OLIVIA...
  MAYNARD...
  SACRED HEART...
  CLARA CITY...
  PRINSBURG...
  RAYMOND...

LAT...LON 4511 9576 4491 9566 4472 9538 4471 9496
      4514 9497

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060501
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1200 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2005

MNC023-067-129-060515-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0369.000000T0000Z-050906T0500Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-CHIPPEWA MN-RENVILLE MN-
1200 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENVILLE...CHIPPEWA AND
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF CHIPPEWA AND 
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AND NOW ARE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF RENVILLE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED 
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN 
AND SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM. 

LAT...LON 4511 9576 4491 9566 4472 9538 4471 9496
      4514 9497

$$

MKM

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, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine62 min
Sep 5, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd55 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.