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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chippewa County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Milan, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 102320
SVRMPX
MNC023-110015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0091.070610T2320Z-070611T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.  THIS   
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MILAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES        
  NORTHEAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILAN...
  CLARA CITY...

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 4514 9602 4499 9583 4492 9533 4515 9528

$$

JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102348
SVSMPX

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

MNC023-110015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-070611T0015Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
648 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 644 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH 
WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 
MILES EAST OF MILAN TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATSON...AND MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GLUEK...WATSON...MILAN AND
CLARA CITY.

LAT...LON 4514 9602 4499 9583 4492 9533 4515 9528

$$
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, 5:02 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, 6:23 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.