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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2007Dakota County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2007, 3:11 AM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 19 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 28, 2007, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dakota County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 28, 3:14 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGInver Grove Heights, MNTREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.

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 28, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 280812
SVRMPX
MNC037-280830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0339.070828T0811Z-070828T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 308 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF WEST ST PAUL TO 9     
  MILES SOUTH OF ROSEMOUNT...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.    
  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH ST PAUL...
  HASTINGS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN ONE OF THE 
EMBEDDED STORMS NEAR ROSEMOUNT. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A 
TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND 
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT 
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4485 9320 4456 9303 4455 9280 4463 9279
      4464 9274 4472 9274 4474 9282 4477 9292
      4479 9299 4483 9303 4487 9302 4490 9304
      4494 9308 4491 9313 4488 9319

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280831
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

MNC037-280841-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0339.000000T0000Z-070828T0830Z/
DAKOTA MN-
331 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY EXPIRED 
AT 330 AM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THE STORMS DID 
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4485 9320 4456 9303 4455 9280 4463 9279
      4464 9274 4472 9274 4474 9282 4477 9292
      4479 9299 4483 9303 4487 9302 4490 9304
      4494 9308 4491 9313 4488 9319

$$

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 27, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd28 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, 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

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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.