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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 2007Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2007, 2:48 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:53 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Maple Plain, MNONE MILE S OF HWY 12 AND COUNTY ROAD 83.
Jul 8, 2:54 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Maple Plain, MN

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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 081948
SVRMPX
MNC053-082045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0225.070708T1948Z-070708T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 246 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES WEST OF PLYMOUTH...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAPLE GROVE...
  PLYMOUTH...
  ST LOUIS PARK...
  GOLDEN VALLEY...

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 4511 9372 4496 9378 4492 9327 4509 9329

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 082023
SVSMPX

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

MNC053-082045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-070708T2045Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
323 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY...

AT 320 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND...OR ABOUT OVER THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODLAND...WAYZATA...ORONO...
MOUND...MINNETONKA...MEDICINE LAKE...HAMEL...EXCELSIOR...DEEPHAVEN
AND THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA.

LAT...LON 4507 9360 4494 9374 4484 9328 4504 9328

$$

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, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti58 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, 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.