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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 17, 2007Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2007, 8:31 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 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
Sep 17, 2007, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2007, 8:52 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 17, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2007-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 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 2007-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 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
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 180131
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-180215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0352.070918T0131Z-070918T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
831 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 829 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  DAWSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CERRO GORDO...
  WATSON...
  MILAN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4516 9596 4515 9553 4486 9601 4498 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 216DEG 40KT 4500 9598

$$

JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 180152
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
852 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007

MNC023-073-180202-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0352.000000T0000Z-070918T0215Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
852 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA  AND LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4516 9596 4515 9553 4486 9601 4498 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 216DEG 40KT 4519 9578

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison28 min
Sep 17, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa38 min
Sep 17, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.