Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 4:14 PM CDT for Dakota County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2007, 4:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 4:26 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | West St Paul, MN | |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lilydale, MN | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 2, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | St Paul, MN | NEAR HIGHLAND NATIONAL GOLF COURSE. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 022114 SVRMPX MNC037-123-022215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0054.070602T2114Z-070602T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 414 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 413 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH ST PAUL...OR ABOUT OVER ST PAUL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST ST PAUL... ST PAUL... MAPLEWOOD... ROSEVILLE... VADNAIS HEIGHTS... WHITE BEAR LAKE... ARDEN HILLS... 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 4483 9316 4481 9303 4512 9299 4512 9321 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022129 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNC037-123-022215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-070602T2215Z/ RAMSEY MN-DAKOTA MN- 428 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR DAKOTA AND RAMSEY COUNTIES... AT 426 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WEST SAINT PAUL WITH THIS STORM. AT 426 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST SAINT PAUL...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LILYDALE...GEM LAKE...WHITE BEAR LAKE...WEST ST PAUL...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...ST PAUL...SOUTH ST PAUL...SHOREVIEW...ROSEVILLE AND NORTH OAKS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4486 9315 4487 9303 4512 9299 4512 9321 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022159 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 459 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNC037-123-022209- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-070602T2215Z/ RAMSEY MN-DAKOTA MN- 459 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DAKOTA AND RAMSEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRIOR TO WEAKENING...THE STORM PRODUCED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IN DAKOTA COUNTY...AND ALSO DOWNED SOME TREES IN LILYDALE. LAT...LON 4486 9315 4487 9303 4512 9299 4512 9321 $$ 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, 3:45 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, 4:51 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.