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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 291
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 23, 2007, 2:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in Minnesota; 18 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2007, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 37 counties
Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Iron County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 42 min |
| May 23, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 61 min |
| May 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 37 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Burnett | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 20 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 66 min |
| May 23, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 61 min |
| May 23, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 60 min |
| May 23, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 59 min |
| May 23, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Washburn | 48 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 44 min |
| May 23, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 63 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Washburn | 32 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 48 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 28 min |
| May 23, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 26 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Page | 94 min |
| May 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 86 min |
| May 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Carroll and 24 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone, Swift and 2 more | 85 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.