Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 292032
SVRMPX
MNC153-292115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0046.070529T2031Z-070529T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 327 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
SOON TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF EAGLE BEND...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE BEND...
BERTHA...
STAPLES...
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 4618 9515 4605 9515 4618 9499 4637 9478
4637 9516
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 292048 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 MNC153-292115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070529T2115Z/ TODD MN- 348 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR TODD COUNTY... AT 344 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERTHA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN OVER NORTHWEST TODD COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HEWITT AND BERTHA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4637 9516 4615 9515 4623 9500 4637 9481 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 292102 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 401 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 MNC153-292115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070529T2115Z/ TODD MN- 401 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR TODD COUNTY... AT 401 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF BERTHA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HEWITT AND BERTHA. 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 4637 9516 4615 9515 4623 9500 4637 9484 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 292113 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 413 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 MNC153-292123- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070529T2115Z/ TODD MN- 413 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TODD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT... SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN FAR NORTHWEST TODD COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4637 9516 4615 9515 4623 9500 4637 9484 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 23 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.