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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 12:42 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 11, 2005, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 111743
SVRMPX
MNC049-111830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0091.050611T1742Z-050611T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1242 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1235 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING...OR ABOUT 18
  MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WANAMINGO...
  WELSH...
  GOODHUE...
  RED WING...

LAT...LON 4424 9303 4423 9265 4439 9257 4448 9232
      4468 9270 4454 9279 4447 9300

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 111808
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
108 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

MNC049-111830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-050611T1830Z/
GOODHUE MN-
108 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELCH...OR ABOUT 7
MILES WEST OF RED WING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RED WING AND...FRONTENAC.

LAT...LON 4424 9303 4423 9265 4439 9257 4448 9232
      4468 9270 4454 9279 4447 9300

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns34 min
Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago26 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope46 min
Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Swift46 min
Jun 11, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns39 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.