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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 5, 2005Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2005, 8:49 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 060149
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-060245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0009.050406T0149Z-050406T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
849 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
  NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PAYNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAYNESVILLE.
  WATKINS.
  ST NICHOLAS. 
LAT...LON 4539 9477 4526 9475 4526 9429 4540 9431

$$

JPR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060206
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-145-060245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050406T0245Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
906 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 902 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR MANANNAH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF 
LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...WATKINS...
PAYNESVILLE...KIMBALL AND EDEN VALLEY.

LAT...LON 4539 9473 4526 9471 4526 9429 4540 9431

$$

JPR

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060223
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-145-060233-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050406T0245Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
923 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEEKER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4539 9473 4526 9471 4526 9429 4540 9431

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	67 min
Apr 5, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	59 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

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.