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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 5:57 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 6:42 PM CDTHAIL 1Prior Lake, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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°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 132257
SVRMPX
MNC139-140000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.050613T2257Z-050614T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HELENA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JORDAN...
  MARYSTOWN...
  PRIOR LAKE...

LAT...LON 4456 9369 4455 9347 4479 9336 4466 9379

$$

RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132312 RRA
SVSMPX

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

MNC139-140000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-050614T0000Z/
SCOTT MN-
611 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SCOTT
COUNTY...

AT 608 PM CDT HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WAS REPORTED IN NEW PRAGUE IN 
SCOTT COUNTY. THE REPORT WAS BY A SPOTTER.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST BENEDICT...HELENA...PRIOR 
LAKE AND JORDAN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4456 9369 4455 9347 4479 9336 4466 9379

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens51 min
Jun 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville67 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

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.