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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 4:59 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 112159
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-112245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.050611T2159Z-050611T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STARBUCK...
  LOWRY...
  FARWELL...
  KENSINGTON...
  HOLMES...

LAT...LON 4553 9573 4539 9567 4586 9535 4595 9568

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112223
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-121-112245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-050611T2245Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
523 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR POPE
AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 9
MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOLMES...LOWRY...KENSINGTON
AND FARWELL.

LAT...LON 4553 9573 4539 9567 4586 9535 4595 9568

$$

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, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 min
Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago26 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.