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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 2, 2007Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT for Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 4:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 W Annandale, MN
Jun 2, 4:06 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 Sw Annandale, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2007-06-02Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 022045
SVRMPX
MNC145-171-022115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0051.070602T2045Z-070602T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWEST WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 344 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.  THIS STORM WAS  
  LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANNANDALE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH   
  OF ST CLOUD...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTH HAVEN...
  FAIRHAVEN...
  KIMBALL...

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 4522 9416 4529 9408 4546 9430 4535 9438

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 022116
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MNC145-171-022126-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-070602T2115Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-
416 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT AND STEARNS COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

AT 406 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED NEAR 
ANNANDALE IN WRIGHT COUNTY WITH THE STORM.

SEVERE STORMS HAVE ENDED OR MOVED OUT OF COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4522 9416 4529 9408 4546 9430 4535 9438

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley43 min
Jun 2, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington44 min
Jun 2, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley47 min
Jun 2, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka41 min
Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker47 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley94 min
Jun 2, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota26 min
Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville32 min
Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey45 min
Jun 2, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright54 min
Jun 2, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin39 min
Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison23 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.