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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 23, 2007Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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: May 23, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2007, 4:28 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 232042
SVRMPX
MNC131-232145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0036.070523T2042Z-070523T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 340 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 6  
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...
  NORTHFIELD...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4420 9351 4420 9308 4436 9306 4447 9305
      4447 9328 4447 9337 4443 9340

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232128
SVSMPX

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

MNC131-232138-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070523T2145Z/
RICE MN-
428 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

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

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

LAT...LON 4420 9351 4420 9308 4436 9306 4447 9305
      4447 9328 4447 9337 4443 9340

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	39 min
May 23, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	35 min
May 23, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	51 min
May 23, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault	62 min
May 23, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Waseca	46 min
May 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	42 min
May 23, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	53 min
May 23, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	61 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	53 min
May 23, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Dakota	20 min
May 23, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	44 min
May 23, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault	41 min
May 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	3 hr

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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.