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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 30, 2007McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2007, 7:27 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 30, 2007, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2007-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 010027
SVRMPX
MNC085-010100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0025.070501T0027Z-070501T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
727 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4   
  MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENCOE...
  LESTER PRAIRIE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4492 9442 4474 9442 4473 9402 4495 9401

$$
JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 010039
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
739 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

MNC085-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070501T0100Z/
MCLEOD MN-
739 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR MCLEOD COUNTY...

AT 734 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENCOE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMTER...SILVER LAKE...
PLATO...LESTER PRAIRIE AND GLENCOE.

LAT...LON 4495 9428 4473 9428 4473 9402 4495 9401

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright44 min
Apr 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.