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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 23, 2007Polk County, Wisconsin; Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2007, 3:22 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin; Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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
May 23, 2007, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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
May 23, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Balsam Lake, WITREE DOWN ON 200TH STREET.
May 23, 4:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBalsam Lake, WIPOWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 47 AND 180TH. POWER LINES ALSO DOWN AT 190TH AVE AND 136TH ST. TIME WAS 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
May 23, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2007-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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 2007-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 232023
SVRMPX
MNC025-WIC095-232115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0034.070523T2022Z-070523T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 321 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS.   THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHISAGO CITY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NEW RICHMOND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHISAGO CITY...
  LINDSTROM...
  OSCEOLA...
  ST CROIX FALLS...
  BALSAM LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4530 9297 4529 9262 4551 9239 4564 9273

$$
DWE/TDK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232047
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

MNC025-WIC095-232115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070523T2115Z/
CHISAGO MN-POLK WI-
347 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR POLK AND CHISAGO COUNTIES...

AT 347 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LINDSTROM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CUSHING...TAYLORS FALLS...
SHAFER...LINDSTROM...CENTER CITY...ST CROIX FALLS... OSCEOLA... 
MILLTOWN AND LUCK.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR.

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 4531 9291 4531 9248 4568 9221 4563 9275

$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk38 min
May 23, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron66 min
May 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix61 min
May 23, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce59 min
May 23, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk27 min
May 23, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn63 min
May 23, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron48 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk56 min
May 23, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin39 min
May 23, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin35 min
May 23, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington51 min
May 23, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault62 min
May 23, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca46 min
May 23, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota42 min
May 23, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington61 min
May 23, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice46 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue53 min
May 23, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota20 min
May 23, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue44 min
May 23, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault41 min
May 23, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn3 hr

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.