Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 12:59 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 5 reports 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 7, 2007, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fillmore County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Se Preston, MN | |
| Jun 7, 1:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Harmony, MN | |
| Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rushford, MN | SHED AND GARAGE DAMAGED. |
| Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | 1 E Whalan, MN | 70 MPH WINDS |
| Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 E Whalan, M |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 071758
TORARX
MNC045-071830-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0011.070607T1759Z-070607T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1259 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR BRISTOL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
FORESTVILLE STATE PARK AND GREENLEAFTON AROUND 100 PM...
OLD BARN CAMPGROUND AND NEWBURG AROUND 105 PM...
WHALAN AND TAWNEY AROUND 110 PM...
RUSHFORD VILLAGE AND PETERSON AROUND 115 PM...
RUSHFORD AROUND 120 PM...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
4384 9203
$$
SHEA3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 071807
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
107 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
107 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...
AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD BARN
CAMPGROUND...OR NEAR PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PETERSON AND CHOICE AROUND 115 PM...
RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.
LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
4384 9203
$$
SHEA000
WWUS53 KARX 071813
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
113 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
113 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...
AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION ON RADAR NEAR LANESBORO...OR 7 MILES EAST
OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.
LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
4384 9203
$$
SHEA000
WWUS53 KARX 071822
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
122 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
122 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...
AT 120 PM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF HARMONY
MINNESOTA. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE MINNESOTA
AND IOWA STATELINE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.
LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
4384 9203
$$
SHEAThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 21 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.