A very deep low pressure system trekked across West Central Wisconsin during the course of the 7th. A strong cold front attached to this low pressure area also swept through the region by the late evening hours of the 7th.
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The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
A very deep low pressure system trekked across West Central Wisconsin during the course of the 7th. A strong cold front attached to this low pressure area also swept through the region by the late evening hours of the 7th.
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 7, 2:16 AM CST, 9 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERN TODAY IS THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. ELEVATED
THUNDER OVER EAST CENTRAL MN LIFTING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER AREA.
SHOULD SEE THIS CONVECTION LIFT OUT OF THE CWA BEFORE 12Z.
SECONDARY AREA OVER WESTERN MN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL
CWA THIS AM. AM UNCERTAIN ON TIMING OF REDEVELOPMENT. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWING SYSTEM LIFTING ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
NOW...AND TIMING OF THIS WOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL MN BY 18Z. THIS
LINES UP WITH 00Z NAM AND 00Z GFS INDICATING EAST CENTRAL MN WOULD
BE INITIATION POINT...TRAVELING INTO WESTERN WI THEREAFTER. ALL
PARAMETERS ARE VERY STRONG...AS UPPER JET/TROUGH TRANSLATES
NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS TREND OF SEVERE
OVER EASTERN CWA INTO WI WITH MENTION OF TORNADO IN THE GRIDS.
STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS OVER MOST OF CWA...WITH STRONG GUSTS
OVER WEST CENTRAL MN UNDER DIMINISHING CONVECTION. THIS LOW LEVEL
FLOW REMAINS STRONG THROUGH THE DAY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST CWA...WITH
850MB FLOW 40-55 KTS. WILL CONTINUE WIND ADV OVER THIS REGION FOR
TODAY.
SYSTEM/COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH REMAINING SHOWERS
LIFTING INTO NORTHEAST CWA AFTER 06Z. CLEARING TREND SHOULD SHOULD
DEVELOP...WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS REGION. FLOW ALOFT
BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH PERHAPS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION.../FOR 06Z TAF CYCLE/
IN SHORT TERM MAIN CONCERN IS PSBL SVR TSTMS EARLY THIS MRNG...ESP
FOR MSP AND RNH FOR HAIL AND POTENTIAL WINDS OVER 40 KTS. THEN
FOCUS IS MAINLY STG S TO SW WINDS AHD OF APRCHG CDFNT. MAINLY RWF,
MSP, RNH AND EAU. BY ERLY AFTN MAIN CONCERN IS SVR TSTMS...AHD OF
CDFNT.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-
SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN COUNTY(IES).
WI...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-
ST. CROIX COUNTY(IES).
&&
BAP/DWEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1025 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 080900- 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- 1025 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ALL POSSIBLE. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN APPEARS TO BE AT GREATEST RISK. STORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS MINNESOTA...WITH SOME STORMS SPREADING OUT OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT... AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH IT. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH WINDS AROUND 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. TDK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 AM CDT THU JUN 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0154 AM HAIL COMFREY 44.11N 94.90W
06/07/2007 M0.88 INCH BROWN MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
BURST OF HAIL OCCURRED FOR A FEW MINUTES.
0235 AM HAIL 7 N ELYSIAN 44.30N 93.68W
06/07/2007 M0.88 INCH LE SUEUR MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0247 AM HAIL LONSDALE 44.48N 93.43W
06/07/2007 M0.75 INCH RICE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0300 AM HAIL LAKEVILLE 44.68N 93.24W
06/07/2007 M1.00 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0305 AM HAIL APPLE VALLEY 44.75N 93.20W
06/07/2007 M1.00 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0306 AM HAIL APPLE VALLEY 44.75N 93.20W
06/07/2007 M0.75 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0306 AM HAIL LAKEVILLE 44.68N 93.24W
06/07/2007 M0.75 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0307 AM HAIL BURNSVILLE 44.76N 93.28W
06/07/2007 M0.75 INCH DAKOTA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0307 AM HAIL LESTER PRAIRIE 44.88N 94.04W
06/07/2007 M0.75 INCH MCLEOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0315 AM HAIL 7 NW VERMILLION 44.75N 93.07W
06/07/2007 M1.75 INCH DAKOTA MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF COATES.
0338 AM HAIL HAMMOND 44.97N 92.44W
06/07/2007 M1.25 INCH ST. CROIX WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJZThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:21 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down across County Road G, one mile southeast of Olivet.
Funnel cloud occurred on the north side of Colfax. Bottom of funnel was estimated as being 500 feet off the ground.
Tree downed. Power lines felled by falling trees or branches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 45918, 45920, 47906, 45921, 45922, 45923, 45924.