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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 072322
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-080015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0053.050607T2321Z-050608T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM     
  WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE EARTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNESOTA LAKE...THIS STORM
  WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DELAVAN...
  BRUSH CREEK...
  EASTON...
  WALTERS...
  WELLS...
  MAPLETON...
  
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 4382 9422 4355 9422 4356 9366 4404 9385

$$
RJN/DWE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080013
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
711 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

MNC013-043-080025-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-050608T0015Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-FARIBAULT MN-
711 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT AND BLUE EARTH 
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED NEAR WINNEBAGO AT 623 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR 
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4382 9422 4355 9422 4356 9366 4404 9385

$$

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, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville30 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, 6:29 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.