Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2007, 5:36 AM CDT for Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2007, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 6:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 211036
SVRMPX
MNC025-059-211115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0389.070921T1036Z-070921T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
536 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 531 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH BRANCH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAMBRIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH BRANCH...
INTERSTATE 35 FROM NORTH BRANCH TO RUSH CITY...
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.
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4573 9309 4556 9286 4556 9276 4547 9269
4541 9302 4545 9318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 245DEG 47KT 4548 9300
$$
KAT2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 211049
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
MNC059-211058-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0389.000000T0000Z-070921T1115Z/
ISANTI MN-
548 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ISANTI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO CHISAGO
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4547 9269 4546 9296 4559 9301 4558 9287
4556 9287 4556 9286 4556 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 245DEG 47KT 4554 9279
$$
MNC025-211115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0389.000000T0000Z-070921T1115Z/
CHISAGO MN-
548 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT
FOR CHISAGO COUNTY...
AT 545 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BRANCH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORTH BRANCH...AND THE
SECTION OF INTERSTATE 35 NEAR NORTH BRANCH.
LAT...LON 4547 9269 4546 9296 4559 9301 4558 9287
4556 9287 4556 9286 4556 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 245DEG 47KT 4554 9279
$$
KAT000
WWUS53 KMPX 211101
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
601 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
MNC025-211111-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0389.000000T0000Z-070921T1115Z/
CHISAGO MN-
601 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHISAGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING CHISAGO COUNTY FROM THE
WEST. REMAIN ALERT FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 4547 9269 4546 9296 4559 9301 4558 9287
4556 9287 4556 9286 4556 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 245DEG 47KT 4561 9257
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 4:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 18 min |
| Sep 21, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 17 min |
| Sep 21, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.