Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 3:37 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 151 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 072036
TORARX
MNC099-072115-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0019.080607T2037Z-080607T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
337 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AUSTIN AND I 90 EXIT 181 AROUND 345 PM...
ROSE CREEK AND I 90 EXIT 183 AROUND 350 PM...
ADAMS AND I 90 EXIT 187 AROUND 355 PM...
DEXTER AND I 90 EXIT 193 AROUND 400 PM...
COUNTY ROADS 4 AND 8 AROUND 405 PM...
GRAND MEADOW AND INTERSTATE 90 AND COUNTY 1 AROUND 410 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 4383 9251 4357 9250 4350 9284 4350 9303
4349 9305 4350 9306 4366 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 239DEG 40KT 4358 9304
$$
BINAU3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 072045
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
MNC099-072115-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
MOWER MN-
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR MOWER
COUNTY...
AT 342 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR RIVERBEND CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROSE CREEK AND ADAMS AROUND 355 PM...
I 90 EXIT 189 AND I 90 EXIT 187 AROUND 400 PM...
I 90 EXIT 193 AND DEXTER AROUND 405 PM...
GRAND MEADOW AND INTERSTATE 90 AND COUNTY 1 AROUND 410 PM...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4383 9251 4357 9250 4350 9284 4350 9303
4349 9305 4350 9306 4366 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 240DEG 39KT 4359 9295
$$
BINAU000
WWUS53 KARX 072054
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
353 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
MNC099-072115-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/
MOWER MN-
353 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR MOWER
COUNTY...
AT 351 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR COUNTY ROADS 56 AND 5...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. NO TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED THUS FAR...BUT THE STORM CONTINUES TO ROTATE STRONGLY
ALOFT. A TORNADO COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ADAMS AND I 90 EXIT 187 AROUND 400 PM...
ELKTON AND I 90 EXIT 189 AROUND 405 PM...
I 90 EXIT 193 AND DEXTER AROUND 410 PM...
GRAND MEADOW AND COUNTY ROADS 4 AND 8 AROUND 415 PM...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4383 9251 4357 9250 4350 9284 4350 9303
4349 9305 4350 9306 4366 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 250DEG 32KT 4360 9285
$$
BINAU000 WWUS53 KARX 072103 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 404 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC099-072115- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080607T2115Z/ MOWER MN- 404 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR MOWER COUNTY... AT 359 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I 90 EXIT 187...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRAND MEADOW AND COUNTY ROADS 4 AND 8 AROUND 415 PM... CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4383 9251 4357 9250 4356 9281 4368 9287 TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 250DEG 32KT 4363 9272 $$ BINAU
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, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 42 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 |
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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.