Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2007, 6:03 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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
- May 19, 2007, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Blue Earth County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 192303 SVRMPX MNC013-200000- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0027.070519T2303Z-070520T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 603 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR VERNON CENTER. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEMBERTON... 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 4400 9409 4386 9408 4386 9378 4403 9378 $$ MB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 192312 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 610 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 MNC013-200000- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070520T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 610 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY... AT 609 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLETON...OR ABOUT OVER MAPLETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL STORM WAS ALSO FOUND JUST SOUTHWEST OF VERNON CENTER AND NORTHWEST OF AMBOY. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VERNON CENTER...PEMBERTON... MAPLETON...GOOD THUNDER AND AMBOY. LAT...LON 4400 9423 4386 9423 4386 9378 4403 9378 $$ MDB
000 WWUS53 KMPX 200000 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 MNC013-200009- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070520T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 659 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...THROUGH 8 PM. LAT...LON 4400 9423 4386 9423 4386 9378 4403 9378 $$ MDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 116 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.