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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 2007Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2007, 8:08 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 13, 2007, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 13, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 N Mora, MNTREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 19 AND 1/2 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 65.

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 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2007-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2096 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 2007-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
2096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 140109
SVRMPX
MNC065-140200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0308.070814T0108Z-070814T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
808 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF MORA TO 12 MILES WEST
  OF OGILVIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OGILVIE...
  MORA...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4615 9340 4594 9347 4575 9351 4575 9313
      4596 9315 4603 9309 4613 9309

$$

JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140132
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
832 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

MNC065-140200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0308.000000T0000Z-070814T0200Z/
KANABEC MN-
832 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

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

AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF WARMAN TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WARMAN...LEWIS LAKE...
BRUNSWICK...OGILVIE...MORA AND GRASSTON.

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 4613 9332 4594 9347 4574 9349 4575 9313
      4596 9315 4603 9309 4613 9309

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs61 min
Aug 13, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison18 min
Aug 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Sherburne58 min
Aug 13, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago62 min
Aug 13, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd58 min
Aug 13, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne23 min
Aug 13, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington60 min
Aug 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright60 min
Aug 13, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright63 min
Aug 13, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin119 min
Aug 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington60 min
Aug 13, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue53 min
Aug 13, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Scott117 min
Aug 13, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott29 min
Aug 14, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue2 hr
Aug 14, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 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.