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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2008Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2008, 9:53 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 574 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 120254 RRA
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-120345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0110.080612T0253Z-080612T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 949 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF KIESTER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  EMMONS...
  TWIN LAKES...
  GLENVILLE...
  MYRTLE...
  LONDON...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4351 9384 4358 9377 4360 9365 4354 9365
      4366 9305 4357 9302 4351 9303 4349 9307
      4350 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 243DEG 45KT 4347 9362

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 120342
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

MNC043-047-120350-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-080612T0345Z/
FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FREEBORN AND
SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER SOUTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY...BUT 
STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. 
REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4351 9384 4358 9377 4360 9365 4354 9365
      4366 9305 4357 9302 4351 9303 4349 9307
      4350 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 243DEG 45KT 4374 9290

$$

JPR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan37 min
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood14 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope47 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet30 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan37 min
Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin40 min
Jun 11, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet23 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault49 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley64 min
Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSibley27 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca38 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more3 hr
Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca56 min
Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin44 min
Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott37 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca42 min
Jun 11, 11:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn4 hr
Jun 12, 2:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXGoodhue13 hr
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Olmsted31 hr
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue31 hr
Jun 12, 2:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn8 hr
Jun 12, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift39 min
Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas28 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope41 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift30 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.