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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 8, 20054 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 2:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 3:20 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 62Watertown, MN
Jun 8, 3:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMound, MNTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGGolden Valley, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN.
Jun 8, 3:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaconia, MNTREE DOWN.
Jun 8, 3:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelle Plaine, MNTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Jun 8, 3:40 AM CDTHAIL 1Belle Plaine, MN
Jun 8, 3:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMinnetonka, MNTREE DOWN ON CAR.
Jun 8, 4:00 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Prior Lake, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 080758
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-079-139-080900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0080.050608T0754Z-050608T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING       
  WINDS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR NORWOOD/YOUNG     
  AMERICA...LE SEUER...BELLE PLAINE AND SHOREWOOD. THE STORMS WERE   
  MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW PRAGUE...
  WACONIA...
  EDEN PRAIRIE...
  EXCELSIOR...
  THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...
  ST LOUIS PARK...
  PLYMOUTH...
  MAPLE GROVE...
  BROOKLYN PARK...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4495 9400 4469 9376 4454 9387 4424 9392
      4422 9356 4454 9354 4464 9338 4512 9332
      4522 9356 4498 9375

$$

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, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice53 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, 2:56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.