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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2007Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2007, 3:22 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
May 29, 2007, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2007-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 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 2007-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 292023
SVRMPX
MNC041-292045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.070529T2022Z-070529T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS   
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES   NORTHWEST OF  
  ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEAF VALLEY...
  MILTONA...
  ROSE CITY...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4594 9559 4586 9541 4611 9517 4611 9549

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292035
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
335 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

MNC041-292045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070529T2045Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
335 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 331 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEAF VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10
MILES EAST OF BRANDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEAF VALLEY AND MILTONA.

THIS WARNING MAY VERY WELL HAVE TO BE EXTENDED.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4594 9548 4590 9537 4611 9516 4611 9549

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292045
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
343 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

MNC041-292053-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070529T2045Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
343 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345
PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...MORE 
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER THAT AREA THAT MAY PRODUCE PEA TO HALF 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE 
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4594 9548 4590 9537 4611 9516 4611 9549

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd44 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.