Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 071645
TORMPX
MNC049-WIC093-071730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0014.070607T1645Z-070607T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1143 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODHUE...OR
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ZUMBROTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOODHUE...
BAY CITY...
FRONTENAC...
ESDAILE...
MAIDEN ROCK...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4438 9280 4428 9270 4445 9242 4449 9232
4453 9231 4455 9223 4475 9227
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 071657
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC049-WIC093-071730-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1730Z/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
1156 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PIERCE
AND GOODHUE COUNTIES...
AT 1151 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF GOODHUE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTH OF ZUMBROTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST
NORTH OF GOODHUE...TO RED WING...TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH. ONE
STORM LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAGER CITY...ESDAILE...
FRONTENAC...RED WING...GOODHUE...MAIDEN ROCK AND BAY CITY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4438 9280 4430 9266 4445 9242 4449 9232
4453 9231 4455 9223 4467 9223 4480 9243
4469 9252
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071708
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1208 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC049-WIC093-071730-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1730Z/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
1208 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PIERCE
AND GOODHUE COUNTIES...
AT 1204 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAGER CITY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BAY CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MAINLY PIERCE
COUNTY...FROM HAGER CITY TO ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING VALLEY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAGER CITY...ESDAILE...MAIDEN
ROCK AND BAY CITY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4449 9264 4442 9257 4448 9243 4455 9232
4469 9214 4475 9218 4481 9225 4480 9243
4469 9249
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071718
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1217 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
MNC049-071727-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1730Z/
GOODHUE MN-
1217 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GOODHUE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL
10 PM. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4462 9251 4459 9236 4471 9219 4476 9214
4486 9214 4486 9234
$$
WIC093-071730-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1730Z/
PIERCE WI-
1217 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PIERCE
COUNTY...
AT 1212 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ESDAILE...OR ABOUT OVER BAY CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPRING VALLEY...ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ESDAILE...SPRING VALLEY AND
ELMWOOD.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
LAT...LON 4462 9251 4459 9236 4471 9219 4476 9214
4486 9214 4486 9234
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071729
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1228 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC093-071738-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1730Z/
PIERCE WI-
1228 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1230 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY
HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. REMAIN ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4462 9251 4459 9236 4471 9219 4476 9214
4486 9214 4486 9234
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Watonwan | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 22 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes 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.