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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 25, 20074 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
Mar 25, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2007, 4:45 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, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2007-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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 2007-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 252102
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-131-147-252145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0005.070325T2101Z-070325T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
401 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
   THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARIBAULT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  NORTHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHFIELD...
  CANNON FALLS...

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 4402 9340 4400 9306 4419 9305 4421 9258
      4470 9274 4467 9324

$$
MB/RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 252111
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

MNC037-049-131-147-252145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070325T2145Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-STEELE MN-
406 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR STEELE...RICE...GOODHUE AND DAKOTA COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNDAS...OR ABOUT OVER
NORTHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 
STANTON...RUSKIN...VERMILLION...NERSTRAND...KENYON...HAMPTON...
AND CANNON FALLS.

LAT...LON 4402 9340 4400 9306 4419 9305 4421 9258
      4470 9274 4467 9324

$$
RJN/MDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Washington50 min
Mar 25, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue47 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.