Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2008, 10:28 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. 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
- Jul 7, 2008, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 080328 SVRMPX MNC049-WIC091-093-080400- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0150.080708T0328Z-080708T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1028 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1025 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MAIDEN ROCK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... PORCUPINE... ARKANSAW... 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 4464 9199 4445 9212 4447 9248 4467 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 292DEG 35KT 4454 9217 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 080353
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1053 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
WIC093-080403-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080708T0400Z/
PIERCE WI-
1053 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4456 9205 4455 9205 4445 9212 4447 9230
4454 9213 4461 9209 4460 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 292DEG 35KT 4445 9185
$$
MNC049-WIC091-080400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080708T0400Z/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-
1053 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTIES...
AT 1050 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORCUPINE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
WEST OF MODENA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PORCUPINE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4456 9205 4455 9205 4445 9212 4447 9230
4454 9213 4461 9209 4460 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 292DEG 35KT 4445 9185
$$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, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 46 min |
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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.