Severe Thunderstorm Warning 368, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 20, 2007, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)

Expired

Sep 20, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KMPX 201950
SVRMPX
MNC009-097-202045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0368.070920T1947Z-070920T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS. THIS      
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING   
  EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM 
  MORRILL TO RUM RIVER.  A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS    
  NEAR GILMAN AND POINTS SOUTH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITTLE FALLS...

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 4599 9381 4598 9379 4583 9377 4574 9378
      4573 9419 4579 9429 4579 9458 4611 9461
      4616 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 264DEG 30KT 4593 9439

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000 
WWUS53 KMPX 202021
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
321 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

MNC009-097-202045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0368.000000T0000Z-070920T2045Z/
MORRISON MN-BENTON MN-
321 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR BENTON AND MORRISON COUNTIES...

AT 316 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERZ...OR ABOUT 20 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUM RIVER...MORRILL...LITTLE
ROCK...ROYALTON...PIERZ...LITTLE FALLS...LASTRUP...HILLMAN...HARDING
AND GENOLA.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
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.

LAT...LON 4616 9382 4599 9381 4598 9379 4583 9377
      4574 9378 4573 9419 4579 9429 4580 9436
      4612 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 264DEG 30KT 4596 9398

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.