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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 16, 2007Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2007, 7:04 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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 16, 2007, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2007, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 16, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2007-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 516 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 2007-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 170005
SVRMPX
MNC047-170100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0240.070717T0004Z-070717T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
704 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS   
  LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF               
  ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLLANDALE...
  MAPLE ISLAND

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 4384 9327 4377 9336 4359 9309 4382 9309

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 170027
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
727 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

MNC047-170037-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0240.000000T0000Z-070717T0100Z/
FREEBORN MN-
727 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4384 9327 4377 9336 4359 9309 4382 9309

$$

AJZ

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.