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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 21, 2007Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 21, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2007-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 220054
SVRMPX
MNC047-220145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.070322T0053Z-070322T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
753 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKE MILLS...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERT LEA...
  HAYWARD...
  GLENVILLE...
  TWIN LAKES...
  MYRTLE...
  LONDON...

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 4357 9357 4351 9357 4351 9307 4380 9306

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 220137
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
837 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

MNC047-220147-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070322T0145Z/
FREEBORN MN-
837 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREEBORN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845
PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IS NOT EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 4357 9357 4351 9357 4351 9307 4380 9306

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault29 min
Mar 21, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca37 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.