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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 3, 2005Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 3, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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
Oct 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2005-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1003 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 2005-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
1003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 032339
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-040015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0424.051003T2338Z-051004T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
638 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WARMAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MORA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS INPACTED...
  WARMAN...
  WOODLAND... 

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4604 9353 4590 9338 4610 9307 4616 9327

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032359
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

MNC095-040007-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
      4615 9309 4615 9326

$$

MNC065-040015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
KANABEC MN-
657 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR KANABEC COUNTY...

AT 654 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF WARMAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH 
OF MORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF 
THE INDICATED COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
      4615 9309 4615 9326

$$
JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 040023
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
720 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

MNC065-040030-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-051004T0015Z/
KANABEC MN-
720 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC COUNTY EXPIRED AT 715 
PM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED TO JUST BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE 
STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN KANABEC COUNTY. 

NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 

A NEW WARNING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 

LAT...LON 4606 9343 4590 9338 4601 9310 4610 9307
      4615 9309 4615 9326

$$
JPR

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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.