Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2008, 2:39 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 2, 2008, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2008, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kanabec County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 020739
SVRMPX
MNC065-020815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0141.080702T0739Z-080702T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
239 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 234 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORA...OR ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF MORA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
QUAMBA...
GRASSTON...
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.
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4600 9306 4597 9307 4596 9311 4584 9311
4574 9314 4574 9326 4580 9340 4617 9316
4616 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 288DEG 42KT 4586 9325
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 020807
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
306 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
MNC065-020816-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-080702T0815Z/
KANABEC MN-
306 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KANABEC COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 315 AM CDT...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF EASTERN KANABEC COUNTY...
AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 4600 9306 4597 9307 4596 9311 4584 9311
4574 9314 4574 9326 4580 9340 4617 9316
4616 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 288DEG 42KT 4576 9282
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 65 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.