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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 2007Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 13, 10:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 N Maple Lake, 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 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 140245
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-171-140345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0313.070814T0245Z-070814T0345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATKINS TO 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WATKINS TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATKINS...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATKINS...
  MONTICELLO...
  ANNANDALE...
  BUFFALO...

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 4556 9426 4548 9440 4554 9487 4516 9425
      4505 9380 4525 9363 4539 9402

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140319
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1019 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

MNC093-145-171-140345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0313.000000T0000Z-070814T0345Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
1019 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER...WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 1012 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CLEARWATER WITH 
THIS STORM.

AT 1015 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MAPLE LAKE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...ST AUGUSTA...
SILVER CREEK...RASSAT...LUXEMBURG...HASTY...FAIRHAVEN...ENFIELD...
WATKINS AND ST MICHAEL.

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 4556 9426 4548 9440 4554 9487 4516 9425
      4505 9380 4525 9363 4539 9402

$$

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, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec52 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, 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

Nearby

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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.