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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2008Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2008, 1:24 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 11 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 10, 2008, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2008, 2:05 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Goodhue County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 1:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Welch, MNTREES DOWNED AT VASA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 10, 1:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGoodhue, MNDAMAGE SWATH NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS VASA, FEATHERSTONE, GOODHUE AND BELVIDERE COUNTIES. DAMAGE INCLUDED ROAD WASHED OUT, HOUSES AND BARNS DESTROYED, AND A SUBSTATION DAMAGED. A SEMI-TRUCK WAS HURLED ON ITS SIDE 1 MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 ON COUNTY ROAD
Jul 10, 1:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Sw Welch, MNTREES BLOCKING ROAD AT HIGHWY 19 AND 135TH ST. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 10, 1:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Goodhue, MNMORE THAN 30 TREES HAVE DOWNED LIMBS UP TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER. ROOF OFF OUTBUILDING USED TO HOUSE CHICKEN AND SHEEP. 50 FT FLAGPOLE CEMENTED INTO GROUND BENT DOWN TO GROUND. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 10, 1:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nw Bellechester, MN30 FT TALL 50 FT WIDE PIPE AND CANVAS CATTLE HOUSE BARN DOWNED AT 240TH AVE AND 370TH ST ALONG WITH A LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWNED ON CAR. NEARBY A WOODEN HAY BARN WAS DESTROYED AND AN OLD POLE SHED OPEN TO THE NORTH LOST ITS ROOF. 4 TREES ALSO SNAPPED NEAR CHURCH
Jul 10, 1:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Goodhue, MNBARN AND TWO TURKEY BARNS DETROYED NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 1 AND 6. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 10, 1:40 PM CDTTORNADO 06 Sse Welch, MNEF0 TORNADO DETERMINED TO HAVE OCCURRED BY AN NWS SURVEY TEAM. THE 1 MILE LONG PATH BEGAN 3 MILES EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF VASA AND ENDED 4 MILES EAST OF VASA. SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWNED...AS WELL AS MINOR HOUSE AND SHED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS ACCOMPA
Jul 10, 1:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Sw Red Wing, MNLOCATIONS ALL A FEW MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF HAY CREEK. INTERSECTION OF HWY 58 AND CO RD 4 TREES DOWN. CO RD 1 AND CO RD 53 POWER LINES DOWN. TREES DOWN AT CO RD 6 AND CO RD 1. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 10, 1:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 Se Red Wing, MNNICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AT RED WING HIGH SCHOOL.
Jul 10, 1:47 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Red Wing, MN
Jul 10, 1:51 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Red Wing, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 101824
SVRMPX
MNC049-101915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0159.080710T1824Z-080710T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
124 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELCH TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANNON FALLS TO
  10 MILES WEST OF STANTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 54 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  WELCH...
  RED WING...
  KENYON...
  GOODHUE...
  WANAMINGO...
  BOMBAY...
  ZUMBROTA...
  BELLECHESTER...
  FRONTENAC...
  PINE ISLAND...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4445 9240 4438 9241 4435 9253 4418 9256
      4418 9298 4421 9305 4451 9304 4455 9281
      4463 9280 4464 9273 4471 9272 4461 9260
      4456 9235 4446 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 305DEG 47KT 4471 9275 4451 9287
          4441 9315

$$

TRH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 101840
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
138 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

MNC049-101915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080710T1915Z/
GOODHUE MN-
138 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR GOODHUE COUNTY...

...A TORNADO WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GOODHUE COUNTY 
UNTIL 2 PM... 

AT 136 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.  THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED WING TO
3 MILES WEST OF GOODHUE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF KENYON...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 53 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WELCH...WASTEDO...STANTON...
HADER...FRONTENAC...BOMBAY...ZUMBROTA...WANAMINGO...RED WING AND PINE
ISLAND.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE... 
INCLUDING LOTS OF TREES AND POWER POLLS BLOWN DOWN IN SOUTHEAST 
DAKOTA COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4445 9240 4438 9241 4435 9253 4418 9256
      4418 9298 4421 9305 4451 9304 4455 9281
      4463 9280 4464 9273 4471 9272 4461 9260
      4456 9235 4446 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 305DEG 46KT 4460 9253 4440 9265
          4430 9293

$$

TRH
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 101905
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
203 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

MNC049-101913-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-080710T1915Z/
GOODHUE MN-
203 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWEST GOODHUE COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST GOODHUE COUNTY 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM.

THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST GOODHUE COUNTY 
AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THIS AREA WITH DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4445 9240 4438 9241 4435 9253 4418 9256
      4418 9298 4421 9305 4451 9304 4455 9281
      4463 9280 4464 9273 4471 9272 4461 9260
      4456 9235 4446 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 305DEG 46KT 4442 9216 4422 9229
          4412 9257

$$

TRH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens54 min
Jul 10, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas48 min
Jul 10, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Meeker, Wright50 min
Jul 10, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod56 min
Jul 10, 12:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDakota, Hennepin2 hr
Jul 10, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott43 min
Jul 10, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington44 min
Jul 10, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington49 min
Jul 10, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice57 min
Jul 10, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota30 min
Jul 10, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott33 min
Jul 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue25 min
Jul 10, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue15 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.