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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2007Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2007, 2:40 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 27, 2007, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2007, 3:28 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 27, 2:59 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Millerville, MN
Aug 27, 2:59 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 Nw Brandon, MNNICKEL SIZE HAIL STILL FALLING AS OF 304 PM.

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 27, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2007-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 2007-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-574 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 271941
SVRMPX
MNC041-272045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0327.070827T1940Z-070827T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
240 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF
  ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EVANSVILLE...
  BRANDON...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  MILLERVILLE...
  GARFIELD...
  MELBY...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4609 9578 4581 9576 4586 9520 4610 9515

$$

TDK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272012
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC041-272045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0327.000000T0000Z-070827T2045Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
311 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 259 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF 
BRANDON WITH THIS STORM.  PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED TWO 
MILES SOUTH OF MILELRSVILLE AT 259 PM.

AT 309 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF MILLERVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSE CITY...LEAF 
VALLEY...LAKE MILTONA...AND MILTONA.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4607 9573 4585 9551 4586 9520 4610 9515

$$

TDK
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272028
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC041-272045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0327.000000T0000Z-070827T2045Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
327 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTH OF MILTONA...OUT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. 
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PENNY AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL AT 259 PM...IN THE BRANDON AND 
MILLERSVILLE AREAS.    


LAT...LON 4607 9573 4585 9551 4586 9520 4610 9515

$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey43 min
Aug 27, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison24 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.