Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2007, 1:05 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 20, 2007, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2007, 1:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 201805 SVRMPX MNC093-145-171-201845- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0365.070920T1805Z-070920T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 105 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATKINS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST NICHOLAS... WATKINS... KINGSTON... KIMBALL... SOUTH HAVEN... FAIRHAVEN... LUXEMBURG... ANNANDALE... 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. LAT...LON 4547 9426 4527 9403 4513 9455 4532 9467 TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 254DEG 35KT 4524 9445 $$ LS/MDB
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 201817
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
MNC093-145-171-201845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0365.000000T0000Z-070920T1845Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
116 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MEEKER...NORTHERN WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES...
AT 112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WATKINS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF PAYNESVILLE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ADDITIOANL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...LUXEMBURG...
FAIRHAVEN...WATKINS...SOUTH HAVEN AND KIMBALL.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4536 9452 4547 9426 4537 9415 4536 9414
4535 9412 4530 9406 4520 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 238DEG 36KT 4533 9434
$$
LS/MDB000
WWUS53 KMPX 201828
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
128 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
MNC093-171-201838-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0365.000000T0000Z-070920T1845Z/
WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
128 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MEEKER AND NORTHERN
WRIGHT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4543 9435 4547 9426 4542 9421 4542 9420
4536 9414 4535 9412 4532 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 238DEG 36KT 4539 9419
$$
MNC145-201845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0365.000000T0000Z-070920T1845Z/
STEARNS MN-
128 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR STEARNS COUNTY...
AT 125 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LUXEMBURG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF SAUK
RAPIDS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUXEMBURG.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4543 9435 4547 9426 4542 9421 4542 9420
4536 9414 4535 9412 4532 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 238DEG 36KT 4539 9419
$$
LS/MDB000
WWUS53 KMPX 201832
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
131 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
MNC145-201841-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0365.000000T0000Z-070920T1845Z/
STEARNS MN-
131 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT.
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF
SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4543 9435 4547 9426 4542 9421 4542 9420
4536 9414 4535 9412 4532 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 238DEG 36KT 4540 9415
$$
LS/MDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 44 min |
| Sep 20, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 64 min |
| Sep 20, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 58 min |
| Sep 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 16 min |
| Sep 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 63 min |
| Sep 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 35 min |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 63 min |
| Sep 20, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 53 min |
| Sep 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 53 min |
| Sep 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 39 min |
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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.