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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 2007Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2007, 5:36 PM CDT for Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 032236
SVRMPX
MNC147-161-032330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0213.070703T2236Z-070703T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 532 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 9 MILES WEST OF
  DEERFIELD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF WASECA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEERFIELD...

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 4419 9363 4411 9358 4410 9328 4419 9329

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 032309
SVSMPX

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

MNC147-161-032330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-070703T2330Z/
WASECA MN-STEELE MN-
608 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES...

AT 607 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON
FALLS...OR ABOUT OVER MEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WALDORF 
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OTISCO...MOLAND...MERTON...
CLINTON FALLS...WALDORF...OWATONNA...NEW RICHLAND AND MEDFORD.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4398 9376 4386 9377 4386 9342 4398 9340
      4399 9308 4419 9305 4418 9335 4402 9343

$$

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, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns45 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, 5:46 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

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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.