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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 2009Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2009, 4:53 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 21, 2009, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2009, 5:29 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2009-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2009-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

761 
WUUS53 KMPX 212153
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-212245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0049.090721T2153Z-090721T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
453 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 451 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST BONIFACIUS...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST
  OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ST BONIFACIUS...
  MAPLE PLAIN...
  MINNETRISTA...
  MOUND...
  ORONO...
  VICTORIA...
  SHOREWOOD...
  EXCELSIOR...
  CHASKA...
  WOODLAND...
  CHANHASSEN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9346 4480 9360 4487 9381 4502 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 294DEG 12KT 4493 9375

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 212229 RRA
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
529 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

MNC019-053-212240-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090721T2245Z/
HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN-
529 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARVER AND WEST
CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4493 9346 4480 9360 4487 9381 4502 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 294DEG 12KT 4488 9359

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison39 min
Jul 21, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison49 min
Jul 21, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison47 min
Jul 21, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver45 min
Jul 21, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton38 min
Jul 21, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne47 min
Jul 21, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth47 min
Jul 21, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne37 min
Jul 21, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington41 min
Jul 21, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright51 min
Jul 21, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault44 min
Jul 21, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne, Wright62 min
Jul 21, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright53 min
Jul 21, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin49 min
Jul 21, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright44 min
Jul 21, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington41 min
Jul 21, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka24 min
Jul 21, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley49 min
Jul 21, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington43 min
Jul 21, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey24 min
Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXWashington2 hr
Jul 21, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota51 min
Jul 21, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca42 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.