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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2008Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 min. 3 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, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Goodhue County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 2:03 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Lake City, MN
Jul 10, 2:06 PM CDTHAIL 1Lake City, MNALONG WITH ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH.
Jul 10, 2:10 PM CDTHAIL 2Lake City, MN2.25 HAIL FROM COOP OBSERVER IN LAKE CITY

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 101901
SVRMPX
MNC049-101915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0162.080710T1900Z-080710T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
200 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 158 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRONTENAC TO BELLECHESTER TO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BOMBAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  FRONTENAC...
  WANAMINGO...
  BOMBAY...
  ZUMBROTA...

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.

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 4421 9253
      4419 9289 4440 9291 4442 9262 4457 9249
      4456 9235 4453 9231 4445 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 301DEG 33KT 4453 9238 4438 9251
          4433 9301

$$

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, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue41 min
Jul 10, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott33 min
Jul 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue25 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.