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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 21, 2007Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2007, 7:01 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 21, 2007, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Mar 21, 7:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Elmore, MN

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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2007-03-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 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
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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 220001
SVRMPX
MNC043-220030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.070322T0001Z-070322T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
701 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ELMORE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO CENTER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FROST...
  BRICELYN...
  BRUSH CREEK...
  KIESTER...
  WALTERS...
  WELLS...
  BARODA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4356 9411 4349 9411 4352 9366 4382 9366

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 220030
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
730 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

MNC043-220040-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070322T0030Z/
FARIBAULT MN-
730 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY EXPIRES AT
730 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IS NOT EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 4356 9411 4349 9411 4352 9366 4382 9366

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn52 min
Mar 21, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.