Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2007, 8:21 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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 16, 2007, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 16, 8:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Clarks Grove, MN | DISSIPATING FUNNEL CLOUD. |
| Jun 16, 8:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Clarks Grove, MN | |
| Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Geneva, MN | 4-6 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Geneva, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD 2-3 MILES EAST OF GENEVEA AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF FREEBORN-STEELE COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 170121 SVRMPX MNC043-047-170215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0115.070617T0121Z-070617T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 821 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLS... ALDEN... ALBERT LEA... CLARKS GROVE... GLENVILLE... GENEVA... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4380 9382 4351 9385 4351 9307 4384 9306 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 170143 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 843 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 MNC043-170153- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-070617T0215Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 843 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4384 9353 4351 9360 4351 9307 4384 9306 $$ MNC047-170215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-070617T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 843 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 839 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCHESTER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN LAKES...MYRTLE... MANCHESTER...HOLLANDALE...HAYWARD...HARTLAND...GLENVILLE...GENEVA... CONGER AND CLARKS GROVE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4384 9353 4351 9360 4351 9307 4384 9306 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 170152 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 849 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 MNC047-170215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-070617T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 849 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 843 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKS GROVE. AT 849 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKS GROVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOLLANDALE...HAYWARD...AND CLARKS GROVE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4384 9353 4351 9360 4351 9307 4384 9306 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 3:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 10 more | 18 hr |
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.