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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 6:39 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports 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, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Winsted, MN
Aug 11, 7:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Winsted, MN
Aug 11, 7:28 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 W Watertown, MN
Aug 11, 7:46 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Watertown, MN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 11, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 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 12:00Z on 2007-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 112338
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-120045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0288.070811T2339Z-070812T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 636 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WINSTED...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENCOE...
  WINSTED...
  LESTER PRAIRIE...
  NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
  WACONIA...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4498 9425 4473 9420 4471 9372 4497 9378

$$

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, 3:15 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, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright49 min
Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin62 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.