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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2007Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2007, 7:46 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2007, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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 110047
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-110145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0097.070611T0046Z-070611T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
746 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...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 65  
  MPH WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   FROM 
  6 MILES WEST OF NEW LONDON TO 11 MILES NORTH OF RENVILLE TO 7      
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR...
  RENVILLE...
  NEW LONDON...
  SPICER...
  OLIVIA...
  ATWATER...
  BIRD ISLAND...

TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN WILLMAR AT 745 PM. 

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.

LAT...LON 4538 9516 4495 9524 4473 9541 4466 9481
      4495 9455 4529 9451

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110125
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-129-110145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-070611T0145Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
824 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR RENVILLE...MEEKER AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH 
WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 
MILES NORTH OF LAKE LILLIAN TO RENVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
SACRED HEART...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 
THORPE...STROUT...PRIAM....CORVUSO...BECHYN...WILLMAR...SPICER AND 
SACRED HEART.

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 4538 9516 4495 9524 4473 9541 4459 9486
      4495 9455 4529 9451

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs44 min
Jun 10, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine55 min
Jun 10, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood67 min
Jun 10, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville60 min
Jun 10, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi61 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift55 min
Jun 10, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens36 min
Jun 10, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens33 min
Jun 11, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood38 min
Jun 11, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas53 min
Jun 11, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood2 hr
Jun 11, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBrown2 hr
Jun 11, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas31 min
Jun 11, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville21 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi11 min
Jun 11, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.