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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2007Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 12:49 AM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2007, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 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 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210550
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-210630-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0168.070621T0549Z-070621T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1249 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS    
  IN   EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF    
  FARMINGTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING     
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANNON FALLS...

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 4468 9318 4456 9328 4449 9314 4447 9304
      4438 9287 4451 9271

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210604
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
104 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

MNC037-049-210630-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-070621T0630Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-
104 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR GOODHUE AND DAKOTA COUNTIES...

AT 101 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH
WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDOLPH...OR 
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTHFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASTEDO...STANTON...
RANDOLPH...HADER...BOMBAY...WANAMINGO...KENYON...DENNISON AND CANNON
FALLS.

LAT...LON 4461 9304 4452 9324 4447 9326 4447 9304
      4427 9304 4425 9274 4448 9275

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver49 min
Jun 20, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice58 min
Jun 20, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott48 min
Jun 20, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur55 min
Jun 20, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley38 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice50 min
Jun 20, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 min
Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott36 min
Jun 20, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur53 min
Jun 20, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele59 min
Jun 20, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice63 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington55 min
Jun 20, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca55 min
Jun 20, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur32 min
Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey24 min
Jun 20, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele33 min
Jun 20, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington23 min
Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur37 min
Jun 20, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice43 min
Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota44 min
Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca47 min
Jun 20, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue46 min
Jun 20, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet56 min
Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue40 min
Jun 20, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca38 min
Jun 20, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn43 min
Jun 21, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice28 min
Jun 21, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue66 min
Jun 21, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley48 min
Jun 21, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota28 min
Jun 21, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice32 min
Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice18 min
Jun 21, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Waseca40 min
Jun 21, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca48 min
Jun 21, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele44 min
Jun 21, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet60 min
Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault66 min
Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi18 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth25 min
Jun 21, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin37 min
Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn63 min
Jun 21, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault46 min
Jun 21, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley66 min
Jun 21, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville39 min
Jun 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca30 min
Jun 21, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault30 min
Jun 21, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn23 min
Jun 21, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur25 min
Jun 21, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville53 min
Jun 21, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley60 min
Jun 21, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet43 min
Jun 21, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue29 min
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown25 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.