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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2008Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2008, 11:04 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 2008-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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 00:00Z on 2008-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 110404
SVRMPX
MNC041-110445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0167.080711T0404Z-080711T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1104 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1101 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
  23 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE TO 12 MILES WEST OF KENSINGTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  KENSINGTON...
  EVANSVILLE...
  BRANDON...
  MILLERVILLE...
  GARFIELD...
  LEAF VALLEY...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  FORADA...
  CARLOS...
  MILTONA...
  OSAKIS...

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.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4603 9514 4602 9516 4594 9515
      4593 9514 4577 9514 4576 9578 4610 9579
      4612 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 272DEG 39KT 4628 9591 4577 9590

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens, Swift55 min
Jul 10, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd65 min
Jul 11, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift59 min
Jul 11, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns53 min
Jul 11, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine54 min
Jul 11, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison65 min
Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd30 min
Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift47 min
Jul 11, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd45 min
Jul 11, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison46 min
Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns57 min
Jul 11, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker47 min
Jul 11, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns54 min
Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns65 min
Jul 11, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Sibley55 min
Jul 11, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison54 min
Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.