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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 2007Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2007, 7:26 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 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 8, 2007, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 8, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 285 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 090026
SVRMPX
MNC161-090100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0235.070709T0026Z-070709T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW RICHLAND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WASECA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW RICHLAND...
  WASECA...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4405 9370 4386 9367 4386 9342 4412 9343

$$

JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 090041
SVSMPX

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

MNC161-090052-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0235.000000T0000Z-070709T0100Z/
WASECA MN-
742 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASECA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4405 9370 4386 9367 4386 9342 4412 9343

$$

JPR

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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.