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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2007Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 4:27 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 21, 2007, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 21, 4:52 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 E Glenville, MNINTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 25 AND 13

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 21, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -101 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 212127 RRA
SVRMPX
MNC047-212230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0183.070621T2127Z-070621T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ALDEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALDEN...
  ALBERT LEA...
  GLENVILLE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4373 9363 4351 9364 4351 9307 4373 9308

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 212141
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
440 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

MNC047-212230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-070621T2230Z/
FREEBORN MN-
440 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR FREEBORN COUNTY...

AT 436 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE TWO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH 
WINDS.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENVILLE...AND MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF 
ALDEN.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANSFIELD...TWIN LAKES...
MYRTLE...MANCHESTER...HAYWARD...GLENVILLE...CONGER...ALDEN AND ALBERT
LEA.  THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN FREEBORN COUNTY.

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 4373 9363 4351 9364 4351 9307 4373 9308

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 212217
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
517 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

MNC047-212230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-070621T2230Z/
FREEBORN MN-
517 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR FREEBORN COUNTY...

AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HARTLAND...OR ABOUT OVER NEW 
RICHLAND...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE ORIGINAL STORM EAST OF 
GLENVILLE HAS MOVED EAST INTO MOWER COUNTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANCHESTER...HOLLANDALE...
HAYWARD...HARTLAND...GENEVA...FREEBORN...CLARKS GROVE...ALDEN AND
ALBERT LEA.

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 4383 9362 4363 9362 4361 9309 4384 9310

$$

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, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue41 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, 4:29 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

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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.