Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2008, 9:59 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2008, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Goodhue County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 822 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 080259 SVRMPX MNC049-080345- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0149.080708T0259Z-080708T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 959 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 954 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WANAMINGO...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... WANAMINGO... GOODHUE... ZUMBROTA... 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 4440 9254 4424 9262 4438 9302 4451 9299 TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 294DEG 26KT 4444 9294 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 080322 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1021 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC049-080345- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-080708T0345Z/ GOODHUE MN- 1021 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY... AT 954 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS OF 61 MPH WERE REPORTED IN STANTON WITH THIS STORM. AT 1016 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WASTEDO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF WANAMINGO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASTEDO...HADER...ZUMBROTA... WANAMINGO AND GOODHUE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4440 9254 4424 9262 4436 9297 4448 9287 TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 304DEG 22KT 4438 9280 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 32 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.