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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 26, 2007Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2007, 3:34 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2007, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 26, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Mora, MNTREE DOWN ON POWER LINES

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 26, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2007-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1237 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 2007-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
1237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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 262034
SVRMPX
MNC065-262115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0252.070726T2034Z-070726T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THIS     
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  QUAMBA...
  GRASSTON...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4601 9342 4576 9342 4575 9315 4601 9315

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 262106
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

MNC065-262116-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-070726T2115Z/
KANABEC MN-
406 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415
PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. REPORT ANY CURRENT OR 
PAST SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4601 9342 4576 9342 4575 9315 4601 9315

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd40 min
Jul 26, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs40 min
Jul 26, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin50 min
Jul 26, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey53 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago59 min
Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington55 min
Jul 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault46 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.