Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2007, 1:47 PM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 2, 2007, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 021846 TORMPX MNC085-143-021930- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0013.070602T1847Z-070602T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 147 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 142 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINTHROP...OR ABOUT OVER WINTHROP. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW AUBURN... BROWNTON... SUMTER... GLENCOE... ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A SMALL TORNADO IS IMMINENT... BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE. LAT...LON 4453 9443 4450 9421 4479 9411 4481 9446 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 021906 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNC085-143-021930- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070602T1930Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES... AT 203 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO BRIEF TORNADOES...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMTER...WINTHROP...NEW AUBURN...GLENCOE...GAYLORD AND BROWNTON. LAT...LON 4453 9443 4450 9421 4479 9413 4481 9446 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sibley | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.