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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Chippewa County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 4:28 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 7, 2005, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 949 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 070930
SVRMPX
MNC023-129-173-071015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0037.050607T0928Z-050607T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 426 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM     
  WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANITE FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATSON...
  GRANITE FALLS...
  CLARE CITY...
  HANLEY FALLS...

LAT...LON 4487 9583 4463 9560 4455 9557 4456 9538
      4470 9537 4467 9523 4485 9526 4515 9527
      4513 9597 4490 9566

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 070952
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
449 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNC023-129-173-071015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050607T1015Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
449 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
RENVILLE...YELLOW MEDICINE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 446 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORM WERE LOCATED ASBURY...SACRED HEART AND SPRING CREEK. 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GLUEK...WOOD 
LAKE...MILAN...HANLEY FALLS...ECHO AND CLARA CITY.

LAT...LON 4487 9583 4463 9560 4455 9557 4456 9538
      4470 9537 4467 9523 4485 9526 4515 9527
      4513 9597 4490 9566

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens, Swift59 min
Jun 7, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood35 min
Jun 7, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown36 min
Jun 7, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville30 min
Jun 7, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley52 min
Jun 7, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington39 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue55 min
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue66 min
Jun 7, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault54 min
Jun 7, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue61 min
Jun 7, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth31 min
Jun 7, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele70 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.