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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 071017
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-071045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0040.050607T1015Z-050607T1045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 515 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES    
  SOUTHEAST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER      
  SEVERE STORM WAS INDICATED 5 MILES EAST OF LAMBERTON. THIS STORM 
  WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HECTOR...
  BUFFALO LAKE...
  LAKESIDE...
  WANDA...
  MORGAN...

LAT...LON 4422 9540 4430 9492 4449 9488 4447 9478
      4447 9465 4471 9463 4489 9450 4489 9523

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 071033
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-129-071045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050607T1045Z/
RENVILLE MN-REDWOOD MN-
530 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES...

AT 526 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESES STORMS WERE 
LOCATED IN A LINE FROM CLEMENTS TO 4 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN TO 5 
MILES EAST OF OLIVIA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRFAX...HECTOR AND LAKESIDE.

LAT...LON 4422 9540 4430 9492 4449 9488 4447 9478
      4447 9465 4471 9463 4489 9450 4489 9523

$$

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, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine47 min
Jun 7, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood35 min
Jun 7, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown36 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.