Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2007, 4:48 PM CDT for Dakota County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 032148 SVRMPX MNC037-131-139-032230- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0210.070703T2148Z-070703T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 448 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 446 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONSDALE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONSDALE... LAKEVILLE... FARMINGTON... NORTHFIELD... 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 4466 9352 4443 9353 4442 9305 4470 9316 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 53 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.