Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 2:08 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Watonwan 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 27, 2008, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 271908
SVRMPX
MNC013-165-272000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0129.080627T1908Z-080627T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 207 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 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING
EAST AT 34 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
ST JAMES...
LEWISVILLE...
MADELIA...
LAKE CRYSTAL...
VERNON CENTER...
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 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4411 9436 4415 9409 4391 9409 4390 9471
4406 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 262DEG 29KT 4402 9465
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 271926
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
226 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC013-165-272000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-080627T2000Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-
226 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN WATONWAN AND WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES...
AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GROGAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADELIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROGAN...VERNON CENTER...ST
JAMES...MADELIA...LEWISVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL AND LA SALLE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4411 9436 4415 9409 4391 9409 4391 9462
4405 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 269DEG 21KT 4401 9455
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 271945
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC013-165-272000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-080627T2000Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-
245 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN WATONWAN AND WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES...
AT 243 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADELIA...AND MOVING EAST
AT 27 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROGAN...LEWISVILLE AND LAKE
CRYSTAL.
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 4411 9436 4414 9416 4391 9419 4391 9450
4407 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 262DEG 23KT 4404 9438
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 53 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.