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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2007Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2007, 8:50 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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 24, 2007, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 24, 9:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDSw Boyd, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2007-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2185 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 2007-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 250149
SVRMPX
MNC073-250245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0246.070725T0150Z-070725T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BOYD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO. THIS STORM WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  THE INDICATED COUNTY

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 4488 9584 4490 9596 4481 9595 4481 9585

$$

LS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 250243
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
944 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007

MNC073-250254-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-070725T0245Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
944 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 945 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4488 9584 4490 9596 4481 9595 4481 9585

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine64 min
Jul 24, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine63 min
Jul 25, 3:58 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more15 hr

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.