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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Dakota County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 8:01 PM CDT for Dakota 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dakota County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 11, 8:06 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Inver Grove Heights, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 11, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 120101
SVRMPX
MNC037-120200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0295.070812T0101Z-070812T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 800 PM 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 4 MILES SOUTH OF WEST ST
  PAUL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSEMOUNT...
  HASTINGS...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4494 9309 4475 9331 4452 9295 4471 9274
      4477 9300

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 120141
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
841 PM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

MNC037-120200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-070812T0200Z/
DAKOTA MN-
841 PM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR DAKOTA COUNTY...

AT 837 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTLE
ROCK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF FARMINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RANDOLPH...CASTLE ROCK...
VERMILLION...ROSEMOUNT...NEW TRIER...LAKEVILLE...HASTINGS...
HAMPTON...FARMINGTON AND APPLE VALLEY.

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 4475 9317 4475 9331 4448 9326 4448 9306
      4471 9274 4477 9300

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	58 min
Aug 11, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod	64 min
Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	65 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Scott	63 min
Aug 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	59 min
Aug 11, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	64 min
Aug 11, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	58 min
Aug 11, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet	62 min
Aug 11, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	32 min
Aug 11, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	47 min
Aug 11, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca	54 min
Aug 11, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	63 min
Aug 11, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	27 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.