Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nne Arco, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 132055 SVRFSD MNC081-083-132130- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0252.080813T2055Z-080813T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 355 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WEST CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARCO...OR 16 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ARCO AROUND 400 PM CDT... THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4427 9595 4426 9599 4441 9628 4458 9604 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 314DEG 19KT 4447 9610 $$ BT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFSD 132108 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 MNC081-083-132130- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080813T2130Z/ LYON MN-LINCOLN MN- 408 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN AND WEST CENTRAL LYON COUNTIES... AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARCO...OR 14 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 22 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL LYON COUNTY THROUGH 420 PM CDT AT 403 PM...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL 7 MILES EAST OF WILNO. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4427 9595 4426 9599 4441 9628 4458 9604 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 314DEG 19KT 4442 9603 $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.