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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2007Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2007, 10:37 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 27, 2007, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2007, 11:05 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2007-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2564 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 2007-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 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
2564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 280337
SVRMPX
MNC153-280430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0330.070828T0337Z-070828T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1037 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1034 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARISSA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF LONG
  PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARISSA...
  BROWERVILLE...
  LONG PRAIRIE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4612 9513 4591 9513 4592 9465 4624 9466

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280346
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1047 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC153-280430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0330.000000T0000Z-070828T0430Z/
TODD MN-
1047 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR TODD COUNTY...

AT 1042 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF CLOTHO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BROWERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLOTHO...LONG PRAIRIE...
CLARISSA AND BROWERVILLE.

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 9501 4593 9508 4592 9465 4624 9466

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280405
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1104 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC153-280414-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0330.000000T0000Z-070828T0430Z/
TODD MN-
1104 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

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

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 1115 OR 1130 PM ACROSS THE 
EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF LONG PRAIRIE.

LAT...LON 4613 9501 4593 9508 4592 9465 4624 9466

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec23 min
Aug 28, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine61 min
Aug 28, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright51 min
Aug 28, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley56 min
Aug 28, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago53 min
Aug 28, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott62 min
Aug 28, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver40 min
Aug 28, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott3 hr
Aug 28, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott3 hr
Aug 28, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington51 min
Aug 28, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota19 min
Aug 28, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice46 min
Aug 28, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 min
Aug 28, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 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.