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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 9:07 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 080207
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-080300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0062.050608T0207Z-050608T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE
  CENTER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF ST PETER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARSAW...
  MONTGOMERY...
  HEIDELBERG...
  LONSDALE...
  WEBSTER...

LAT...LON 4422 9363 4422 9368 4437 9384 4454 9379
      4453 9331 4445 9331 4444 9332 4421 9332
      4421 9361

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080238
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-131-080300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050608T0300Z/
LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR RICE AND 
LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 935 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WARSAW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEBSTER...RUSKIN...
BRIDGEWATER...WATERVILLE...NERSTRAND...MORRISTOWN...MONTGOMERY...
LONSDALE...LE CENTER...KILKENNY...HEIDELBERG AND DUNDAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 

LAT...LON 4422 9363 4422 9368 4430 9380 4454 9379
      4453 9331 4445 9331 4445 9306 4420 9306
      4421 9361

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue5 hr
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth56 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth57 min
Jun 7, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue60 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice62 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRice6 hr
Jun 7, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott61 min
Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jun 8, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Stevens, Swift60 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington67 min
Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine66 min
Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope67 min
Jun 8, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Stevens, Swift51 min
Jun 8, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood54 min
Jun 8, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright61 min
Jun 8, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Todd60 min
Jun 8, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley59 min
Jun 8, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker65 min
Jun 8, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Watonwan60 min
Jun 8, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison65 min
Jun 8, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright63 min
Jun 8, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Scott66 min
Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley34 min
Jun 8, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth59 min
Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington64 min
Jun 8, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca58 min
Jun 8, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue54 min
Jun 8, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington29 min
Jun 8, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele39 min
Jun 8, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue41 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.