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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 6:41 PM CDT for Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 7:04 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 11 S West Union, MN
Jun 10, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 15 Wnw Sauk Centre, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 102341
SVRMPX
MNC145-153-110030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.070610T2341Z-070611T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWEST STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 636 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 SAUK CENTRE...OR ABOUT 15        
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAUK CENTRE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4586 9514 4564 9514 4577 9465 4597 9466

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110004
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-153-110013-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-070611T0030Z/
TODD MN-STEARNS MN-
703 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS AND TODD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 
REMAINS OVER FAR SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY...WHICH COULD BE PRODUCING 
SMALL HAIL. 

LAT...LON 4586 9514 4564 9514 4577 9465 4597 9466

$$

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, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa55 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison67 min
Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns20 min

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.