Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports 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
- Jun 11, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Murray County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Fulda, MN | *** 1 INJ *** MANUFACTURED HOUSE PUSHED OFF FOUNDATION...TREE DAMAGE...OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED |
| Jun 11, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Fulda, MN | DEBRIS IN FIELD |
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Fulda, MN | MANUFACTURED HOUSE PUSHED OFF FOUNDATION...TREE DAMAGE...OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED |
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Fulda, MN | DEBRIS IN FIELD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFSD 112256
TORFSD
MNC033-101-112345-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0032.080611T2256Z-080611T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
556 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOVRAY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SLAYTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AVOCA AROUND 605 PM CDT...
DOVRAY AROUND 620 PM CDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4419 9555 4419 9524 4385 9563 4385 9571
4387 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 214DEG 28KT 4390 9568
$$
CHAPMAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 112315
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
616 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC033-101-112345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080611T2345Z/
MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-
616 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD AND EASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
AVOCA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WESTBROOK AROUND 625 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4419 9555 4419 9524 4385 9563 4385 9571
4387 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 214DEG 28KT 4403 9556
$$
BT000
WWUS53 KFSD 112334
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
633 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC033-101-112345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080611T2345Z/
MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-
633 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD AND EASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTBROOK...OR 17
MILES EAST OF SLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4419 9555 4419 9524 4385 9563 4385 9571
4387 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 205DEG 32KT 4411 9540
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 10:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 50 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.