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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 1, 1997Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1997, 8:48 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1997, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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
Jul 1, 9:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Vasa, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1759 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.3
Supercell composite
21.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 020149 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC049-WIC093-020245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  GOODHUE COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
  PIERCE COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    RIVER FALLS
    ELLSWORTH
    RED WING
    CANNON FALLS

* AT 845 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
  FROM STILLWATER TO HASTINGS TO FARMINGTON.  THE STORMS WERE
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUHNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

HOWIESON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti64 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey64 min
Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright42 min
Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Sibley37 min
Jul 1, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin37 min
Jul 1, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott64 min
Jul 1, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka29 min
Jul 1, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington50 min
Jul 1, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti46 min
Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota34 min
Jul 1, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville, Yellow Medicine27 min
Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue28 min
Jul 1, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville29 min
Jul 1, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker43 min
Jul 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington35 min
Jul 1, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice32 min
Jul 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix65 min
Jul 1, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn50 min
Jul 1, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce46 min
Jul 1, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire52 min
Jul 1, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce35 min
Jul 1, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.