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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2007Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2007, 6:12 PM CDT for Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 7, 2007, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-470 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 072312
SVRMPX
MNC093-171-080015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0074.070607T2312Z-070608T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DASSEL TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COKATO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DASSEL...
  COKATO...
  ANNANDALE...
  BUFFALO...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4499 9455 4499 9394 4527 9360 4528 9457

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 072335
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
634 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC093-072344-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070608T0015Z/
MEEKER MN-
634 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY. MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 
EVENING.

LAT...LON 4501 9421 4499 9394 4527 9360 4535 9400

$$

MNC171-080015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070608T0015Z/
WRIGHT MN-
634 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...

AT 631 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAVERLY TO BUFFALO TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SMITH LAKE...SILVER CREEK...
RICE LAKE...RASSAT...WAVERLY...MONTROSE...MONTICELLO...MAPLE LAKE...
HOWARD LAKE AND BUFFALO.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MCLEOD 
COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4501 9421 4499 9394 4527 9360 4535 9400

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 072358
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC171-080008-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070608T0015Z/
WRIGHT MN-
658 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURRED TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4501 9421 4499 9394 4527 9360 4535 9400

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan43 min
Jun 7, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Sibley51 min
Jun 7, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice49 min
Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod24 min
Jun 7, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott32 min
Jun 7, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright35 min
Jun 7, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington25 min
Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington34 min
Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 27 more17 hr
Jun 7, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue57 min
Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue45 min
Jun 7, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope24 min
Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville50 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin33 min
Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti, Sherburne49 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.