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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 7, 2005Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2005, 4:20 AM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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 7, 2005, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 7, 4:29 AM CDTHAIL 1.25Milroy, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2005-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 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 2005-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 070920
SVRMPX
MNC127-071015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0372.050907T0920Z-050907T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
420 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 416 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR MILROY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUCAN...
  SEAFORTH...
  WABASSO...
  WANDA...
  MORGAN...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4449 9559 4432 9560 4429 9488 4450 9487

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 070935
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
434 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

MNC127-071015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0372.000000T0000Z-050907T1015Z/
REDWOOD MN-
434 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT
FOR REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 429 AM...HAIL ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 
IN MILROY BY A TRAINED SPOTTER WITH THIS STORM.

AT 431 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LUCAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WANDA...WABASSO...SEAFORTH...
MORGAN...MILROY AND CLEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4449 9559 4432 9560 4429 9488 4450 9487

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.