Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2008, 7:14 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 130015
SVRMPX
MNC145-130100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0116.080613T0014Z-080613T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
714 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 711 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 6 MILES NORTH OF BROOTEN...OR ABOUT 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 47 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
ELROSA...
MEIRE GROVE...
SAUK CENTRE...
MELROSE...
NEW MUNICH...
FREEPORT...
ST ROSA...
ALBANY...
HOLDINGFORD...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HALLOWAY WITH
THIS STORM.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4578 9433 4557 9460 4548 9514 4549 9512
4558 9513 4559 9514 4565 9513 4573 9513
4577 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 240DEG 41KT 4560 9511
$$
LS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 130029
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
MNC145-130100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-080613T0100Z/
STEARNS MN-
729 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY...
AT 728 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAUK CENTRE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST ROSA...MELROSE...MEIRE
GROVE AND GREENWALD.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4578 9450 4560 9484 4561 9511 4573 9513
4577 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 237DEG 36KT 4572 9487
$$
LS000 WWUS53 KMPX 130035 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 735 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MNC145-130100- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-080613T0100Z/ STEARNS MN- 735 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY... AT 732 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 4 MILES NORTH OF MELROSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST ROSA...SAUK CENTRE AND MELROSE. 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 4578 9450 4563 9481 4573 9513 4577 9506 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 237DEG 36KT 4575 9480 $$ LS
000 WWUS53 KMPX 130046 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 745 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MNC145-130055- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-080613T0100Z/ STEARNS MN- 745 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 4578 9450 4563 9481 4573 9513 4577 9506 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 237DEG 36KT 4580 9468 $$ LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison and 6 more | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.