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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 24, 2007Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2007, 5:03 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2007, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 24, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 242204
SVRMPX
MNC139-242245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0396.070924T2203Z-070924T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRIOR LAKE...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  NEW PRAGUE...
  ST BENEDICT...
  ST PATRICK...
  LYDIA...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4455 9385 4471 9366 4470 9363 4473 9363
      4480 9354 4472 9333 4455 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 221DEG 54KT 4450 9372

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 242227
SVSMPX

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

MNC139-242245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0396.000000T0000Z-070924T2245Z/
SCOTT MN-
527 PM CDT MON SEP 24 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 522 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JORDAN...OR ABOUT 6
MILES NORTH OF NEW PRAGUE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARYSTOWN...SHAKOPEE...PRIOR
LAKE AND JORDAN.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4466 9371 4470 9367 4470 9364 4471 9363
      4473 9363 4480 9354 4472 9334 4464 9341
      4459 9349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 225DEG 56KT 4469 9348

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet47 min
Sep 24, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.