Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2008, 8:21 AM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 10, 2008, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2008, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 101321
SVRMPX
MNC149-101415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0151.080710T1321Z-080710T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
821 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 817 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 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONNELLY...OR ABOUT 13
MILES EAST OF WHEATON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
DONNELLY...
ALBERTA...
MORRIS...
HANCOCK...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9625 4578 9589 4577 9587 4576 9575
4542 9576 4564 9625 4568 9628 4575 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 301DEG 30KT 4579 9618
$$
TRH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 101340
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
840 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
MNC149-101415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080710T1415Z/
STEVENS MN-
840 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 839 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DONNELLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRIS...HANCOCK...DONNELLY
AND ALBERTA.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4577 9625 4578 9589 4577 9587 4576 9575
4542 9576 4564 9625 4568 9628 4575 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 278DEG 33KT 4573 9604
$$
TRH000
WWUS53 KMPX 101415
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
915 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
MNC149-101425-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080710T1415Z/
STEVENS MN-
915 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 915 AM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM.
LAT...LON 4577 9625 4578 9589 4577 9587 4576 9575
4542 9576 4564 9625 4568 9628 4575 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 284DEG 29KT 4559 9577
$$
TRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 12:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 15 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.