Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 2:38 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
WUUS53 KMPX 111939
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-147-112030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.080611T1938Z-080611T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
238 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 234 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON FALLS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OWATONNA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
FARIBAULT...
KENYON...
NERSTRAND...
BOMBAY...
STANTON...
WANAMINGO...
GOODHUE...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
LAT...LON 4425 9343 4449 9306 4448 9304 4451 9302
4446 9247 4418 9300 4418 9302 4417 9302
4405 9325
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 228DEG 38KT 4417 9324
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 111942
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
242 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC049-131-147-112030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080611T2030Z/
GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-STEELE MN-
242 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHERN GOODHUE
COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MEDFORD...OR ABOUT OVER MEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASTEDO...WARSAW...STANTON...
RUSKIN...MOLAND...MERTON...HADER...CLINTON FALLS...BOMBAY AND
WANAMINGO.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4425 9343 4449 9306 4448 9304 4451 9302
4446 9247 4418 9300 4418 9302 4417 9302
4405 9325
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 233DEG 43KT 4420 9321
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 112005
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
303 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC049-131-147-112013-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080611T2030Z/
GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-STEELE MN-
303 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEELE...
SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS DO
REMAIN IN THE AREA...WHICH COULD STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.
LAT...LON 4425 9343 4449 9306 4448 9304 4451 9302
4446 9247 4418 9300 4418 9302 4417 9302
4405 9325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 233DEG 43KT 4435 9293
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.