Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 7:43 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 11, 2008, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Holmes, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 WUUS53 KMPX 120043 SVRMPX MNC041-121-120130- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0102.080612T0043Z-080612T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 743 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 739 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 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 44 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... LOWRY... KENSINGTON... ALEXANDRIA... GARFIELD... BRANDON... EVANSVILLE... CARLOS... LEAF VALLEY... MILTONA... MILLERVILLE... 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 4610 9576 4609 9518 4559 9549 4564 9573 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 188DEG 38KT 4568 9560 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 120056
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
756 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC041-121-120130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-080612T0130Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
756 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FARWELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF KENSINGTON...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 44 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...LEAF VALLEY...
HOLMES...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...LOWRY...KENSINGTON...GARFIELD...
FARWELL AND EVANSVILLE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4609 9518 4585 9533 4584 9534 4574 9539
4573 9541 4571 9541 4569 9543 4572 9573
4610 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 188DEG 38KT 4582 9557
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 120106
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC121-120114-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-080612T0130Z/
POPE MN-
804 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4609 9518 4582 9536 4576 9538 4577 9574
4579 9572 4581 9575 4584 9574 4610 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 192DEG 40KT 4592 9553
$$
MNC041-120130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-080612T0130Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
804 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 800 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR LAKE LOBSTER
WITH THIS STORM.
AT 802 PM CDT...THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED
3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARFIELD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...LEAF VALLEY...
HOLMES...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...KENSINGTON...GARFIELD...
EVANSVILLE...CARLOS AND BRANDON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4609 9518 4582 9536 4576 9538 4577 9574
4579 9572 4581 9575 4584 9574 4610 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 192DEG 40KT 4592 9553
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 120130
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
830 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC041-120140-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-080612T0130Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
830 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830
PM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS HAVE ENDED OR MOVED OUT OF COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 4609 9518 4582 9536 4576 9538 4577 9574
4579 9572 4581 9575 4584 9574 4610 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 192DEG 40KT 4620 9544
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 13 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Olmsted | 31 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 31 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 30 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.