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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 2007Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2007, 3:40 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 3, 2007, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2007, 4:25 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2007-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1198 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 032040
SVRMPX
MNC145-032145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0206.070703T2040Z-070703T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 339 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.   THIS  
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES       
  SOUTH OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBANY...
  COLD SPRING...

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 4573 9470 4565 9489 4535 9451 4551 9419

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032125
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
425 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

MNC145-032135-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-070703T2145Z/
STEARNS MN-
425 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4573 9470 4565 9489 4535 9451 4551 9419

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns49 min
Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns, Wright44 min
Jul 3, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd51 min
Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice27 min
Jul 3, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago45 min
Jul 3, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd39 min
Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns39 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott42 min
Jul 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright62 min
Jul 3, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice64 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca54 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth44 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn32 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca63 min
Jul 3, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.