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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2005Benton County, Sherburne County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 21, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-441 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 212235
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-212315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0394.050921T2235Z-050921T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
535 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 532 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF FOLEY...OR ABOUT OVER ST CLOUD...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOLEY...
  CABLE...
  SANTIAGO...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4568 9420 4550 9412 4550 9376 4576 9377

$$

MARGRAF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 212253
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

MNC009-141-212315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-050921T2315Z/
BENTON MN-SHERBURNE MN-
551 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SHERBURNE AND BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 541 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT SAUK 
RAPIDS. 

AT 550 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LUXEMBURG...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD CLEAR LAKE IN WESTERN 
SHERBURNE COUNTY. 

AT 545 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUELM...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ST 
CLOUD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SANTIAGO...PARENT...MAYHEW...
GLENDORADO...RONNEBY AND FOLEY.

LAT...LON 4568 9420 4550 9412 4550 9376 4576 9377

$$

MKM/RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns67 min
Sep 21, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns56 min
Sep 21, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi40 min
Sep 21, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker61 min
Sep 21, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne, Wright41 min
Sep 21, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker31 min
Sep 21, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago39 min
Sep 21, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright67 min
Sep 21, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker67 min
Sep 21, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker27 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.