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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 11, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 3:59 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 11, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 110814
SVRMPX
MNC143-110915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0281.070811T0815Z-070811T0915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 314 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAYLORD...OR ABOUT
  19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST PETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARLINGTON...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4463 9430 4447 9432 4446 9393 4464 9393

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110859
SVSMPX

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

MNC143-110909-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-070811T0915Z/
SIBLEY MN-
359 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4463 9430 4447 9432 4446 9393 4464 9393

$$

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, 1:07 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, 3:27 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.