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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Kandiyohi County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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 10, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 10, 4:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Kerkhoven, MNTREE AND OLD SHED DOWN.
Jun 10, 4:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 Ne Kerkhoven, MNHAILED 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
Jun 10, 4:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Se Sunburg, MNHAILED 10 MINUTES. GROUND WHITE. BRANCHES AND LEAVES STRIPPED.
Jun 10, 5:04 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Sunburg, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2007-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 102136
SVRMPX
MNC067-151-102230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0083.070610T2136Z-070610T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.  THIS     
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KERKHOVEN...OR ABOUT 12   MILES  
  NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUNBURG...
  MONSON LAKE...

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.

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4516 9542 4516 9528 4509 9519 4540 9495
      4540 9543

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102206
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
506 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

MNC067-151-102230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070610T2230Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-SWIFT MN-
506 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SWIFT AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 455 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF SUNBURG WITH THIS STORM.

AT 503 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF SUNBURG...OR ABOUT OVER NEW LONDON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUNBURG...PENNOCK...MURDOCK
AND KERKHOVEN.

LAT...LON 4516 9542 4516 9528 4509 9519 4540 9495
      4540 9543

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102232
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

MNC067-151-102242-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070610T2230Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-SWIFT MN-
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SWIFT AND KANDIYOHI 
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 530 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE JUST ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 4516 9542 4516 9528 4509 9519 4540 9495
      4540 9543

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine48 min
Jun 10, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine64 min
Jun 10, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville51 min
Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa32 min
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine60 min
Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker50 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright36 min
Jun 10, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXLac qui Parle113 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift67 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker33 min
Jun 10, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle58 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns60 min
Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope64 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle41 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa55 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison67 min
Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns20 min
Jun 10, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd23 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.