Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1988, 3:08 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1988, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1988, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hennepin, MN | |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 71 | Hennepin, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 022008
TORMSP
MNC019-053-022100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
308 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...EASTERN CARVER...SOUTHWESTERN HENNEPIN
AT 305 PM CDT CARVER COUNTY POLICE REPORT A TORNADO NEAR WACONIA..15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
RADAR INDICATIONS ARE THIS STORM WILL MORE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS
CHANHASSEN AROUND 330 PM AND EXCELCIOR NEAR LAKE MINNETONKA BETWEEN
330 AND 4 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILKE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 15 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.