Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 2:16 PM CDT for Dakota County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2007, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | West St Paul, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 021916 SVRMPX MNC037-123-163-022000- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0047.070602T1916Z-070602T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 216 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 211 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH ST PAUL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST PAUL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTH ST PAUL... WEST ST PAUL... WOODBURY... ST PAUL... OAKDALE... MAPLEWOOD... ROSEVILLE... NORTH ST PAUL... VADNAIS HEIGHTS... SHOREVIEW... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 4478 9318 4464 9291 4496 9277 4511 9316 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 021947 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNC037-163-021956- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-070602T2000Z/ WASHINGTON MN-DAKOTA MN- 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNINGS HAVE MOVED OUT OF DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. BEFORE LEAVING DAKOTA COUNTY...THE STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN WEST SAINT PAUL. LAT...LON 4493 9316 4497 9300 4506 9302 4511 9316 $$ MNC123-022000- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-070602T2000Z/ RAMSEY MN- 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR RAMSEY COUNTY... AT 233 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WEST SAINT PAUL IN DAKOTA COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. AT 245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLE CANADA...OR ABOUT OVER ROSEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GEM LAKE...VADNAIS HEIGHTS... ST PAUL...SHOREVIEW...ROSEVILLE...MAPLEWOOD AND LITTLE CANADA. 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 4493 9316 4497 9300 4506 9302 4511 9316 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sibley | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.