Short lived warm frontal induced severe weather event.
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The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Short lived warm frontal induced severe weather event.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 10:32 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1132 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .DISCUSSION... CHALLENGES TO THE FORECAST REMAIN ABNORMAL CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW TWIRLING OVER THE UPPER PLAINS AND TIMING ITS DEPARTURE AND WEIGHING THE IMPACT ITS ASSOCIATED CLOUDS HAVE ON EARLY JUNE TEMPS. THE SHEARED AND BROAD AND NOW ALMOST STACKED LOW PINWHEELING AROUND FROM ERN SD INTO CTRL MN EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED IN EAST CTRL MN THIS AFTERNOON. A TROWAL HAS BEEN EVIDENT ON H7 STREAMLINES AND THETA-E ANALYSIS SINCE LAST EVENING ON THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF THIS FEATURE. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FAVOR GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS TOWARDS ALEXANDRIA THROUGH THE MORNING AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRY LOW TO MID LEVEL PUNCH OF THIS SYSTEM IS KEEPING AND SHOULD KEEP A GOOD PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA QUIET THROUGH 16Z OR SO...UNTIL HEATING DESTABILIZES THE LOWER TROP. THERE REMAINS SIGNS OF A LIFTED INDEX BOUNDARY FROM THE DIABATIC HEATING DIFFERENCE AS MENTIONED IN PREV DISCUSSION. THIS BOUNDARY EXTENDS TO THE EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW INTO WRN WI DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ELEMENTS ALONG WITH DEW POINTS NEAR 60 STILL POINT TOWARDS A POSSIBLE COLD CORE SPIN-UP IN THAT AREA. COLD AIR FUNNELS AND SOME SMALL HAIL MORE PROBABLE WITH THE FREEZING LEVEL NEAR THE H7 HEIGHT...PRESENT INSTABILITY...AND SOME HAIL REPORTED IN SOUTH DAKOTA YESTERDAY. THIS FUN BUT ANNOYING LOW SHOULD SLOWLY PUSH EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. REMNANTS OF THE TROWAL TO PRODUCE SOME BACKSIDE SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY AFTERNOON INSTABILITY SHOWERS SHOULD BE ABOUT THE LAST GASP FROM THIS SYSTEM. THE CU RULE IS HIGHLY NEGATIVE THROUGH THIS TIME...SO LOW DIURNAL TEMP SPREADS EXPECTED WITH ALL THE CLOUDS. DAYTIME MAXS ABOUT 3F TO 8F DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AS THIS SYSTEM HELPS EVOLVE A LONG WAVE OVER ERN NA...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL THEN TAKE OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON MON AND TUES. SIGNS OF AN EMBEDDED BACKSIDE SHORTWAVE ON MONDAY STILL OFFER LOW POPS. CANADIAN HIGH FINALLY MOVES DOWN EARLY TUES AND HAVE LOWERED MINS ON TUES NIGHT AS 03Z SREF H8 TEMPS COME DOWN TO 4C TO 7C DURING THAT TIME AND SYNOPTIC SETTING INDICATES A HIGHER CHANCE FOR CLEAR SKIES. 00Z MODELS ATTEMPT TO HINT AT AN ACTIVE WEDS THROUGH FRI BUT EXTREME DIFFERENCES EXIST...THOUGH SOME FAIRLY DEEP LOWS /SUB 990MB/ ARE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HAVE LEANED TOWARDS THE 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE WHICH BRINGS WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT INTO REGION ON WEDS PRESENTING A RETURN TO A CHANCE FOR THUNDER. && .AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ MAIN CONCERNS ARE PERSISTENT STRATOCU DECKS...SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTN...AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOG TNGT. STRATOCU HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCR IN COVERAGE THIS MRNG...WITH PREDOMINANTLY MVFR CIGS. RADAR MOSAIC ALSO SHOWING FIRST SIGNS OF INSTABILITY SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT IN SWRN/W CNTRL MN ATTM...NEAREST THE UPR COLD CORE CENTER. THIS DEVELOPMENT SHUD CONTINUE INTO CNTRL MN AND WRN WI TDA...AND DUE TO THE SCT NATURE...HAVE CONTINUED TO HANDLE THIS WITH VCSH WORDING AND TEMPO SHWRS AT ALL SITES...EXCEPT MSP...WHERE COORDINATION WITH THE CWSU LED TO A VCTS WORDING WITH TEMPO SHWRS. WILL MONITOR TRENDS FOR PSBL INCLUSION OF TSRA/VCTS...ESPECIALLY AT STC/RNH/EAU. OVRNGT...AXN AND RWF COULD SEE ADDITIONAL RAIN...FOG DEVELOPMENT...AND IFR VSBYS/CIGS IN AN AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW. GENERALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS SHUD BE EXPERIENCED AFTER APPROX 15Z AT ALL SITES...WITH EARLIER IMPROVEMENT AT MSP/RNH/EAU...WHERE LESS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHUD BE PRESENT. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && MTF/KAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 528 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 031100- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 528 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...NAMELY DURING THE AFTERNOON...IN RESPONSE TO A PASSING DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALSO CONDUCIVE FOR BRIEF ROTATING STORMS WITHIN THIS RISK AREA...WHERE SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. COLD AIR FUNNELS...NOT PRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BRIEFLY DURING THIS AFTERNOON. MTF/MDB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-074-021900- BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED IN THE AREA... COLD AIR FUNNELS CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SHOWERS NEAR WILLMAR DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OVER THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD ALSO PRODUCE COLD AIR FUNNELS THIS AFTERNOON. COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY DO NOT TOUCH THE GROUND. AS A RESULT...THEY RARELY DO ANY DAMAGE. NORMALLY...THEY LAST ONLY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING. THEREFORE...PERSONS IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM SHOULD NOT BECOME UNDULY ALARMED. HOWEVER..THEY SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A FUNNEL SHOULD APPROACH THE GROUND. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF ADDITIONAL COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. KAT
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees downed along County Road 10 from two to three miles west of Gaylord. A report from KARE-TV described trees felled at a local farm just outside Gaylord, along with shingle damage to the farmer's home.
Few trees felled in the city of Lilydale.
Hail occurred near Highland National Golf course.
At County Road 30 and Dunkirk Lane.
Heavy rain also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 40736, 40745, 40744, 40743, 40742, 40741, 40735, 40740, 40739, 40738.