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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 423, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2005Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2005, 11:37 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2005, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2005-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
2043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 220438
SVRMPX
MNC131-220515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0423.050922T0437Z-050922T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1137 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1133 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  WEST OF NORTHFIELD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHFIELD...
  DUNDAS...
  LONSDALE...
  AREAS OF INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN FARIBAULT AND NORTHFIELD...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4454 9347 4437 9344 4437 9305 4447 9305
      4447 9329 4454 9330

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 220517
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1217 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2005

MNC131-220527-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0423.000000T0000Z-050922T0515Z/
RICE MN-
1217 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND 
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4454 9347 4437 9344 4437 9305 4447 9305
      4447 9329 4454 9330

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey53 min
Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin52 min
Sep 21, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRamsey44 min
Sep 21, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington53 min
Sep 21, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago58 min
Sep 21, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWashington27 min
Sep 21, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRamsey, Washington3 hr
Sep 21, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin3 hr
Sep 21, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka3 hr
Sep 21, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey63 min
Sep 21, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright67 min
Sep 21, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington64 min
Sep 21, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSherburne3 hr
Sep 21, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin22 min
Sep 21, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWright3 hr
Sep 21, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin39 min
Sep 21, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker63 min
Sep 21, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod35 min
Sep 21, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver33 min
Sep 21, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott25 min
Sep 21, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota41 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.