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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2007Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2007, 6:57 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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 20, 2007, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2007, 8:00 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 13 Sw Prior Lake, MNAT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 13 AND 17
Jun 20, 7:22 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 E Jordan, MN
Jun 20, 7:54 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 N Elko, 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 20, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 390 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 952 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 202357
SVRMPX
MNC139-210100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0135.070620T2357Z-070621T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS.   THIS   
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SHAKOPEE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES     
  SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHAKOPEE...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  SAVAGE...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4480 9347 4469 9365 4459 9353 4454 9331
      4478 9334

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210023
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

MNC139-210100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-070621T0100Z/
SCOTT MN-
723 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 722 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES EAST OF 
JORDAN WITH THIS STORM.

AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CREDIT RIVER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES 
SOUTH OF PRIOR LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARYSTOWN...CRYSTAL BAY...
CREDIT RIVER...SHAKOPEE...SAVAGE...PRIOR LAKE...NEW MARKET AND ELKO.

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 4480 9347 4469 9365 4459 9353 4454 9331
      4478 9334

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stearns54 min
Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti32 min
Jun 20, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns53 min
Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago34 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne59 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright66 min
Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs43 min
Jun 20, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti53 min
Jun 20, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWright36 min
Jun 20, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Sherburne34 min
Jun 20, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod59 min
Jun 20, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago54 min
Jun 20, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver51 min
Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin62 min
Jun 20, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright26 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.