Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2007, 2:34 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2007, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 705 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 300735
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-300815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0400.070930T0734Z-070930T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
234 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 230 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF OLIVIA...
OR ABOUT OVER OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATWATER...
LITCHFIELD...
LAKE LILLIAN...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4482 9519 4530 9465 4503 9430 4496 9446
4497 9448 4495 9451 4494 9451 4470 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 226DEG 60KT 4483 9501
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 300750
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
248 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
MNC129-300758-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0400.000000T0000Z-070930T0815Z/
RENVILLE MN-
248 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING INTO
SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY. STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THIS
MORNING.
LAT...LON 4494 9497 4510 9487 4530 9465 4505 9432
4490 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 226DEG 60KT 4499 9477
$$
MNC067-093-300815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0400.000000T0000Z-070930T0815Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
248 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 247 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THORPE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF ATWATER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THORPE...STROUT...
LITCHFIELD...LAKE LILLIAN...GROVE CITY...DARWIN...COSMOS AND ATWATER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4494 9497 4510 9487 4530 9465 4505 9432
4490 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 226DEG 60KT 4499 9477
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 300800
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
MNC067-300810-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0400.000000T0000Z-070930T0815Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
300 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 4504 9474 4520 9475 4530 9465 4524 9457
4523 9456 4508 9435 4497 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 219DEG 50KT 4513 9463
$$
MNC093-300815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0400.000000T0000Z-070930T0815Z/
MEEKER MN-
300 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR MEEKER COUNTY...
AT 300 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
GROVE CITY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATWATER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STROUT...LITCHFIELD...GROVE
CITY AND DARWIN.
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 4504 9474 4520 9475 4530 9465 4524 9457
4523 9456 4508 9435 4497 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 219DEG 50KT 4513 9463
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns | 38 min |
| Sep 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 16 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.