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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 1:07 AM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 1:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSauk Centre, MNSEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 94. TIME ESTIMATED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2007-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 639 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 110607
SVRMPX
MNC145-110700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0271.070811T0607Z-070811T0700Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 104 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 24
  MILES SOUTH OF SAUK CENTRE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAUK CENTRE...
  ALBANY...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4576 9512 4542 9511 4540 9471 4577 9435

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110630
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-110700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-070811T0700Z/
STEARNS MN-
131 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 129 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES 
NORTH OF MELROSE TO BELGRADE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...PADUA...OPOLE...
LUXEMBURG...GEORGEVILLE...FARMING...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST
STEPHEN AND ST ROSA.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4576 9512 4542 9511 4542 9411 4576 9427

$$

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, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens59 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, 1:27 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.