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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2008Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 10:01 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 7 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
May 25, 2008, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
44 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 10:05 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Rockville, MN
May 25, 10:05 AM CDTHAIL 1Cold Spring, MN
May 25, 10:13 AM CDTHAIL 0.75St Joseph, MN
May 25, 10:25 AM CDTHAIL 1.25Waite Park, MN
May 25, 10:27 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Sauk Rapids, MN
May 25, 10:29 AM CDTHAIL 1Sauk Rapids, MN
May 25, 10:29 AM CDTHAIL 2St Cloud, MN

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 251501
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-145-251545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0016.080525T1501Z-080525T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1001 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 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 1045 AM CDT

* AT 958 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WATKINS...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 53 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST CLOUD...
  SARTELL...
  SAUK RAPIDS...
  RICE...
  FOLEY...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4549 9389 4541 9405 4542 9407 4541 9407
      4530 9428 4541 9457 4569 9421 4581 9430
      4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 231DEG 46KT 4548 9438

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 251511
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1010 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

MNC009-141-145-251545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080525T1545Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-
1010 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 1005 AM CDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN COLD SPRING WITH 
THIS STORM BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. A REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS 
ALSO REPORTED AT 1005 AM CDT IN ROCKVILLE. 

AT 1007 AM CDT.... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARTELL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...ST AUGUSTA...RUM
RIVER...PARENT...MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...DUELM...WAITE PARK...ST JOSEPH
AND ST CLOUD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4549 9389 4541 9405 4542 9407 4541 9407
      4530 9428 4541 9457 4569 9421 4581 9430
      4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 233DEG 42KT 4553 9435

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 251531
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

MNC009-141-145-251545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080525T1545Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-
1030 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 1029 AM CDT...TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ST. CLOUD BY 
LAW ENFORECMENT. 

AT 1029 AM CDT....THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF SAUK RAPIDS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...ST AUGUSTA...RUM
RIVER...PARENT...MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...DUELM...WAITE PARK...ST JOSEPH
AND ST CLOUD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4549 9389 4541 9405 4542 9407 4541 9407
      4530 9428 4541 9457 4569 9421 4581 9430
      4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1530Z 234DEG 33KT 4564 9412

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine62 min
May 25, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift51 min
May 25, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift44 min
May 25, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns66 min
May 25, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs63 min
May 25, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti27 min
May 25, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago26 min
May 25, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright56 min
May 25, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Wright54 min
May 25, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne, Wright26 min
May 25, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright59 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin, Wright27 min
May 25, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington62 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington23 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright49 min
May 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington34 min
May 25, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin28 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington43 min
May 25, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington35 min
May 25, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.