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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 2, 1988Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1988, 3:32 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 1988, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 1988, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Anoka 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 022032
TORMSP
MNC003-053-022100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
332 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
          ...SOUTHERN ANOKA...EASTERN HENNEPIN
 
AT 328 PM CDT..THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN LONG LAKE
IN WEST HENNEPIN COUNTY AND IN GOLDEN VALLEY NEAR HIGHWAY 100..
SPOTTERS IN THE AREA ALSO HAVE SEEN THESE FUNNELS. THE FUNNEL REPORTS
ARE 10 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
 
WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THESE THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES PER HOUR AND THIS WOULD CARRY THE ACTVITY THROUGH DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOIS.
 
TOGSTAD
 
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 BE`LOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE 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, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin	52 min
Aug 2, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.