Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 2007, 2:57 PM CDT for Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 20, 2007, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Sherburne County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 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 201958 TORMPX MNC009-095-141-202030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0033.070920T1957Z-070920T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 253 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORESTON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANTIAGO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLEY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF FOLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENDORADO... PEASE... PRINCETON... 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 4573 9352 4548 9352 4551 9386 4574 9378 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 277DEG 39KT 4571 9371 4556 9383 $$ LS/MDB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 202023 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007 MNC009-095-141-202032- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070920T2030Z/ MILLE LACS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 322 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BENTON...SHERBURNE AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 330 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. LAT...LON 4573 9352 4548 9352 4551 9386 4574 9378 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 277DEG 39KT 4568 9333 4553 9345 $$ LS/MDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 44 min |
| Sep 20, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 64 min |
| Sep 20, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 58 min |
| Sep 20, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 16 min |
| Sep 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 63 min |
| Sep 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 35 min |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 63 min |
| Sep 20, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 53 min |
| Sep 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 53 min |
| Sep 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 39 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.