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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2008Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2008, 6:21 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 12, 2008, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 12, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 122321
SVRMPX
MNC041-130015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0113.080612T2321Z-080613T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 620 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
   THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...OR ABOUT
  22 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  EVANSVILLE...
  BRANDON...
  GARFIELD...
  MILLERVILLE...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  LEAF VALLEY...
  CARLOS...
  MILTONA...

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4602 9514 4602 9516 4600 9515
      4588 9515 4578 9577 4608 9579 4611 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 242DEG 39KT 4591 9581

$$

LS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 122340
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
640 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNC041-130015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
640 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 637 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 
BRANDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RICE LAKE...MELBY...LEAF
VALLEY...HOLMES...BELLE RIVER...NELSON...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...
GARFIELD 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.

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4602 9514 4602 9516 4600 9515
      4588 9515 4578 9577 4608 9579 4611 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 242DEG 39KT 4601 9555

$$

LS
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 122349
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
649 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNC041-122359-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080613T0015Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
649 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE...STAY ALERT FOR THE 
POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4602 9514 4602 9516 4600 9515
      4588 9515 4578 9577 4608 9579 4611 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 242DEG 39KT 4606 9543

$$

LS

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, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn52 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, 6:34 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.