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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 10, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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, 5:09 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 W Bellingham, MNSMALL BRANCHES DOWNED. HAILED OFF AND ON FOR 15 MINUTES.
Jun 10, 5:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Se Louisburg, MN
Jun 10, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.887 Wnw Bellingham, MNHAIL BROKE CAR WINDOW.

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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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 102202
SVRMPX
MNC073-102300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0087.070610T2202Z-070610T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60      
  MPH WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING       
  FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...  
  AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...

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 4526 9642 4500 9644 4500 9596 4517 9608

$$

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, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift54 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, 5:30 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

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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.