Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1988, 3:49 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1988, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1988, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 022049
TORMSP
MNC003-123-163-022145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
349 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...ANOKA...RAMSEY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
AT 345 PM CDT..NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS ACROSS
WEST HENNEPIN COUNTY JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THESE
POTENTIAL TORNADOES WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE
EXPELCTED TO MOVE ACORSS DOWNTOWN MINNEAPLIS AND ST. PAUL.
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 MOBILE HOMES
FOR lA 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, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 28 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.