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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 5, 2005Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2005, 7:38 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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: Apr 5, 2005, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 060040
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-145-060145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0007.050406T0038Z-050406T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHEAST KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PAYNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW LONDON.
  PAYNESVILLE.
  REGAL.
  
LAT...LON 4537 9503 4520 9496 4530 9448 4550 9457

$$

JPR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060112
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
811 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

MNC067-093-145-060145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050406T0145Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
811 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MEEKER...NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI AND SOUTH CENTRAL
STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 807 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR HAWICK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANANNAH...SPICER...ROSCOE...
REGAL...PAYNESVILLE...NEW LONDON AND EDEN VALLEY.

LAT...LON 4537 9503 4520 9496 4530 9448 4550 9457

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	59 min
Apr 5, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	56 min
Apr 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	62 min
Apr 6, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	36 min

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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.