Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 3:33 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2008, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 072033 TORARX MNC045-099-109-072115- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0017.080607T2033Z-080607T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 333 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR RACINE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANT GROVE AND COUNTY ROADS 2 AND 38 AROUND 340 PM... SIMPSON AROUND 345 PM... PREDMORE AND CUMMINGSVILLE AROUND 350 PM... I 90 EXIT 224 AND COUNTY ROADS 137 AND 136 AROUND 355 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4403 9228 4390 9214 4375 9251 4385 9251 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 230DEG 33KT 4382 9245 $$ RABERDING
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 072042 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 342 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC045-099-109-072115- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/ OLMSTED MN-FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN- 342 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MOWER...NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTIES... AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT GROVE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PREDMORE AND MARION AROUND 350 PM... CUMMINGSVILLE AROUND 355 PM... COUNTY ROADS 137 AND 136 AND I 90 EXIT 224 AROUND 400 PM... LAT...LON 4403 9228 4390 9214 4375 9251 4385 9251 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 240DEG 28KT 4384 9237 $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS53 KARX 072058 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 357 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC045-099-109-072115- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/ OLMSTED MN-FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN- 357 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MOWER...NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTIES... AT 355 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CUMMINGSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LAT...LON 4403 9228 4390 9214 4375 9251 4385 9251 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 239DEG 30KT 4389 9221 $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS53 KARX 072106 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 406 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC045-099-109-072116- /O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/ OLMSTED MN-FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN- 406 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOWER...NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE AND SOUTH CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4403 9228 4390 9214 4375 9251 4385 9251 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 239DEG 30KT 4393 9212 $$ RABERDING
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Winona | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Winona | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.