Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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, 4:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Annandale, MN | |
| Jun 2, 4:06 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 44 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, 3:49 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
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.