Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2008, 5:52 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2008, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Sauk Rapids, MN | AWNINGS BLOWN OFF A DECK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SARTELL NEAR THE GRADE SCHOOL. |
| Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Foley, MN | 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 072252 SVRMPX MNC009-141-145-072330- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0145.080707T2252Z-080707T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 552 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 550 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICE TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF AVON...AND MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... ST JOSEPH... SARTELL... ROCKVILLE... PLEASANT LAKE... SAUK RAPIDS... MAYHEW... WAITE PARK... GILMAN... LUXEMBURG... ST CLOUD... ST AUGUSTA... FOLEY... POWER LINES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN ALBANY AT 548 PM. 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. LAT...LON 4575 9377 4537 9416 4552 9466 4581 9421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 281DEG 34KT 4578 9417 4555 9444 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 072309 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 607 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC009-141-145-072330- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-080707T2330Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 607 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 603 PM CDT...AWNINGS WERE REPORTED BLOWN OFF A DECK 4 MILES NORTH...NORTHWEST OF SAUK RAPIDS. AT 604 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GILMAN TO PLEASANT LAKE... AND MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...PARENT... MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...FARMING...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST STEPHEN...ST JOSEPH AND ST CLOUD. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF STEARNS COUNTY. LAT...LON 4575 9377 4537 9416 4552 9466 4581 9421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 281DEG 34KT 4576 9400 4549 9421 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 072331 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 629 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC009-141-145-072339- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-080707T2330Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 629 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... AT 603 PM...A TWENTY FOOT PINE TREE WAS REPORTED TOPPLED IN THE CITY OF SARTELL. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED JUST BEHIND THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LAT...LON 4575 9377 4537 9416 4552 9466 4581 9421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 281DEG 34KT 4572 9371 4545 9392 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.