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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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 20, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Howard Lake, MN | |
| Jun 20, 6:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Howard Lake, MN | |
| Jun 20, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Howard Lake, MN | ON HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN WAVERLY AND HOWARD LAKE |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 202309 TORMPX MNC171-202345- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0020.070620T2309Z-070620T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 609 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR SMITH LAKE...OR ABOUT OVER COKATO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4509 9404 4506 9417 4498 9413 4498 9392 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 63 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.