Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Alden, MN | 3 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMB DOWNED OFF AN OAK TREE ALONG INTERSTATE 90. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 270059
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-270200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0263.070727T0058Z-070727T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
758 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 757 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALDEN TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALDEN TO 23 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALDEN...
CLARKS GROVE...
ALBERT LEA...
GLENVILLE...
KIESTER...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN ALDEN AND ALBERT LEA...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN TWIN LAKES AND ALBERT LEA...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4377 9372 4357 9379 4351 9406 4351 9343
4351 9308 4375 9307
$$
KAT3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 270123 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 822 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 MNC043-270132- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-070727T0200Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 822 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF FARIBAULT COUNTY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4374 9341 4351 9360 4351 9308 4375 9307 $$ MNC047-270200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-070727T0200Z/ FREEBORN MN- 822 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 816 PM CDT...3 TO 6 INCH OAK TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN 3 MILES TO THE EAST OF ALDEN...ALONG INTERSTATE 90...WITH THIS STORM. AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TWIN LAKES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN LAKES...MYRTLE... HAYWARD...GLENVILLE AND ALBERT LEA. THIS INCLUDES THE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN ALDEN AND ALBERT LEA...AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF ALBERT LEA. LAT...LON 4374 9341 4351 9360 4351 9308 4375 9307 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 270141 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 MNC047-270200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-070727T0200Z/ FREEBORN MN- 840 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYWARD TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH...LEADING TO THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER...AND SEND YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MYRTLE...HAYWARD...GLENVILLE AND ALBERT LEA. LAT...LON 4366 9339 4351 9341 4351 9308 4365 9309 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 270153 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 MNC047-270202- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-070727T0200Z/ FREEBORN MN- 852 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREEBORN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT... SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. STRONG STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF FREEBORN COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM...BUT ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY. THE RAIN MAY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4366 9339 4351 9341 4351 9308 4365 9309 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 21 min |
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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.