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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 2007Anoka County, Isanti County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2007, 1:32 PM CDT for Anoka County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
Jul 8, 2007, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anoka County, MN, Isanti County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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
Jul 8, 2:00 PM CDTHAIL 1St Francis, MN
Jul 8, 2:00 PM CDTHAIL 1St Francis, MN
Jul 8, 2:14 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Sw St Francis, MNREPORTED IN BURNS TOWNSHIP. DISTANCE FROM ST FRANCIS IS ESTIMATED.

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
Jul 8, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2007-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 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 2007-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-564 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 081832
SVRMPX
MNC003-059-081930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0220.070708T1832Z-070708T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
132 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDOVER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  PRINCETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANDOVER...
  EAST BETHEL...

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 4549 9350 4528 9351 4518 9303 4543 9304

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 081854
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
153 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MNC003-059-081930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-070708T1930Z/
ISANTI MN-ANOKA MN-
153 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR ANOKA AND ISANTI COUNTIES...

AT 152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF ST FRANCIS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ELK RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ISANTI. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CEDAR...ATHENS...ST FRANCIS...
HAM LAKE...EAST BETHEL...BETHEL AND ANDOVER.

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 4549 9350 4528 9351 4518 9303 4543 9304

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 081917
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
216 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MNC003-059-081930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-070708T1930Z/
ISANTI MN-ANOKA MN-
216 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR ANOKA AND ISANTI COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BIRCH TOWNSHIP IN 
ANOKA COUNTY WITH THIS STORM.

AT 213 PM CDT...THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR...OR ABOUT 
OVER ANDOVER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CEDAR...ATHENS...ST FRANCIS...
ISANTI...HAM LAKE...EAST BETHEL...BETHEL...ANDOVER AND RAMSEY.

LAT...LON 4549 9350 4525 9350 4518 9303 4550 9304

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright63 min
Jul 8, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne51 min
Jul 8, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne27 min
Jul 8, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago63 min
Jul 8, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Washington46 min
Jul 8, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin57 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod59 min
Jul 8, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne26 min
Jul 8, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka61 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington58 min
Jul 8, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.