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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 12:16 AM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 11, 2007, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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
Aug 11, 12:49 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Morris, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 110516
SVRMPX
MNC149-110615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0267.070811T0516Z-070811T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1216 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1212 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHOKIO TO 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHOKIO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHOKIO...
  DONNELLY...
  MORRIS...
  HANCOCK...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4575 9625 4543 9624 4542 9577 4575 9578

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110609
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
109 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

MNC149-110619-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-070811T0615Z/
STEVENS MN-
109 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115
AM CDT...

AT 1249 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED IN 
MORRIS WITH THE STORM.

SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 4575 9625 4543 9624 4542 9577 4575 9578

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle67 min
Aug 10, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas46 min
Aug 11, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift62 min
Aug 11, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi56 min
Aug 11, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope53 min
Aug 11, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns53 min
Aug 11, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd44 min
Aug 11, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift56 min
Aug 11, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison58 min
Aug 11, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker66 min
Aug 11, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright63 min
Aug 11, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville59 min
Aug 11, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod57 min
Aug 11, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin61 min
Aug 11, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Aug 11, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Aug 11, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright29 min
Aug 11, 3:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWright113 min
Aug 11, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley44 min
Aug 11, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington63 min
Aug 11, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXScott65 min
Aug 11, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue54 min
Aug 11, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur39 min
Aug 11, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright56 min
Aug 11, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod66 min
Aug 11, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright49 min
Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin62 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.