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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 24, 2007Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2007, 4:28 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2007, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 24, 4:42 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 67North Mankato, MN
Sep 24, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKasota, MNTREE DOWN ON POWER POLE.
Sep 24, 4:48 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W St Peter, MNLARGE TREE LIMB DOWN. SMALL HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
Sep 24, 4:48 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSt Peter, MNSHINGLES OFF A FEW ROOFS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2007-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 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 12:00Z on 2007-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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 242128
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-103-242215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0394.070924T2128Z-070924T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 PM CDT MON SEP 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CRYSTAL...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH MANKATO...
  MANKATO...
  NICOLLET...
  ST PETER...
  LE CENTER...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4445 9406 4444 9366 4395 9411 4411 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 212DEG 39KT 4411 9421

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 242149
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
447 PM CDT MON SEP 24 2007

MNC013-079-103-242215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-070924T2215Z/
LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
447 PM CDT MON SEP 24 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR BLUE EARTH...NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 442 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS OF 67 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NORTH 
MANKATO WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KASOTA...OR ABOUT 6
MILES EAST OF NICOLLET...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST THOMAS...ST HENRY...
OTTAWA...NORSELAND...ST PETER...SKYLINE...NORTH MANKATO...MANKATO...
LE CENTER AND KASOTA.

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 4445 9406 4444 9366 4409 9402 4420 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 212DEG 39KT 4428 9406

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod25 min
Sep 24, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott42 min
Sep 24, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti38 min
Sep 24, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.