Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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 11, 2008, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cottonwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 574 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 740 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KFSD 120005
TORFSD
MNC033-120030-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0040.080612T0005Z-080612T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
705 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
BINGHAM LAKE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF WINDOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 720 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 4385 9493 4385 9540 4417 9510 4416 9509
4412 9509 4411 9486 4410 9485 4395 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 212DEG 30KT 4400 9504
$$
BT2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 120014
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
714 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC033-120030-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080612T0030Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-
714 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
COTTONWOOD COUNTY...
AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DELFT...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4385 9493 4385 9540 4417 9510 4416 9509
4412 9509 4411 9486 4410 9485 4395 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 212DEG 30KT 4406 9498
$$
BT000
WWUS53 KFSD 120028
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
728 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC033-120038-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080612T0030Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-
728 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM CDT...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
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 4385 9493 4385 9540 4417 9510 4416 9509
4412 9509 4411 9486 4410 9485 4395 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 212DEG 30KT 4416 9489
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 32 min |
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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.