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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 2007Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2007, 3:01 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 3:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Lester Prairie, MN
Jul 8, 3:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Lester Prairie, MNTIME WAS ESTIMATED.
Jul 8, 3:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorwood/Young America, MN3 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN AT BAYLOR PARK. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED.
Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDTHAIL 0.88New Germany, MN
Jul 8, 3:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S New Germany, MN8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED AND LAYING ALONG ROAD AT LITTLE SIOUX RIVER CROSSING. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED.
Jul 8, 3:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Mayer, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 082001
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-082100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0228.070708T2001Z-070708T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 259 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR LESTER PRAIRIE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LESTER PRAIRIE...
  WACONIA...

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 4498 9418 4480 9419 4476 9374 4496 9379

$$

JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 082026
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-085-082100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-070708T2100Z/
MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-
325 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR CARVER AND MCLEOD COUNTIES...

AT 315 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEW GERMANY WITH 
THIS STORM. 

AT 324 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYER...OR ABOUT OVER 
WACONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINSTED...WATERTOWN...
WACONIA...VICTORIA...NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...NEW GERMANY...MAYER...
LESTER PRAIRIE...COLOGNE AND CHASKA.

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 4498 9418 4480 9419 4471 9373 4485 9356
      4489 9378 4496 9379

$$

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, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin57 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.