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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 5:41 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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 10, 2007, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 6:00 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nw Glenwood, MN
Jun 10, 6:01 PM CDTHAIL 11 N Glenwood, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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°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 102241
SVRMPX
MNC121-102345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0089.070610T2241Z-070610T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 11      
  MILES EAST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STARBUCK...
  GLENWOOD...

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 4570 9575 4549 9573 4559 9515 4578 9525

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102259
SVSMPX

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

MNC121-102345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070610T2345Z/
POPE MN-
558 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR POPE COUNTY...

AT 554 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL  SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH 
WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT OVER STARBUCK...AND MOVING EAST 
AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROVE LAKE...WESTPORT...
VILLARD...STARBUCK...LOWRY...LONG BEACH AND GLENWOOD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4574 9565 4554 9562 4559 9515 4575 9515

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102312
SVSMPX

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

MNC121-102345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070610T2345Z/
POPE MN-
612 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR POPE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN 2 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF GLENWOOD WITH THIS STORM.

AT 610 PM CDT...   THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF STARBUCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROVE LAKE...WESTPORT...
VILLARD...LONG BEACH AND GLENWOOD.

LAT...LON 4576 9552 4557 9548 4559 9515 4575 9515

$$

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, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle58 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns60 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.