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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 30, 2007Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2007, 3:20 AM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 3:36 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 2007-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 300820
SVRMPX
MNC171-300900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0402.070930T0820Z-070930T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
320 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 317 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 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BUFFALO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO...
  MONTICELLO...
  HOWARD LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4501 9414 4516 9412 4540 9405 4538 9393
      4535 9389 4534 9382 4532 9380 4528 9367
      4498 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 207DEG 40KT 4499 9410

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 300836
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

MNC171-300844-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0402.000000T0000Z-070930T0900Z/
WRIGHT MN-
334 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE 
THROUGH THE MORNING IN WRIGHT COUNTY. THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE 
FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER. SO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL 
WARNINGS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4501 9414 4516 9412 4540 9405 4538 9393
      4535 9389 4534 9382 4532 9380 4528 9367
      4498 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 207DEG 40KT 4513 9400

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville41 min
Sep 30, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns38 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.