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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 5:24 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 13, 2005, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 13, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Morris, 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 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 132224
SVRMPX
MNC149-132315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0096.050613T2224Z-050613T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
524 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THIS STORM 
  WAS LOCATED NEAR   MORRIS...OR ABOUT OVER MORRIS...AND MOVING      
  NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERTA...
  DONNELLY...
  CHOKIO...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4549 9585 4565 9574 4576 9618 4561 9626

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132251
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC149-132315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050613T2315Z/
STEVENS MN-
551 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 546 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED ABOUT OVER MORRIS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DONNELLY AND ALBERTA.

LAT...LON 4549 9585 4565 9574 4576 9618 4561 9626

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132312
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC149-132322-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-050613T2315Z/
STEVENS MN-
612 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4549 9585 4565 9574 4576 9618 4561 9626

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville67 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott63 min
Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas23 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin63 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas60 min
Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood63 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift59 min
Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice42 min
Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.