Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 11, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Sw Murdock, MN | |
| Jul 11, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 8 Se Starbuck, MN | |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Sunburg, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 112213 SVRMPX MNC023-067-121-151-112300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0175.080711T2213Z-080711T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 513 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 511 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLONTARF TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURDOCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... BENSON... MURDOCK... KERKHOVEN... GILCHRIST... SUNBURG... PENNOCK... GROVE LAKE... SEDAN... 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. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4570 9514 4504 9514 4498 9564 4540 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 241DEG 25KT 4540 9565 4505 9560 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 112228
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
528 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
MNC023-067-121-151-112300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-080711T2300Z/
POPE MN-KANDIYOHI MN-SWIFT MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
528 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND
NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA...EASTERN SWIFT AND SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWIFT FALLS TO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MURDOCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...GROVE LAKE...
GILCHRIST...SUNBURG...SEDAN...PENNOCK...MURDOCK...KERKHOVEN...DE
GRAFF AND BENSON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4506 9566 4532 9563 4548 9558 4570 9514
4504 9514 4498 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 241DEG 25KT 4545 9552 4510 9547
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 112243
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
542 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
MNC023-067-121-151-112300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-080711T2300Z/
POPE MN-KANDIYOHI MN-SWIFT MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
542 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND
NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA...EASTERN SWIFT AND SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AT 535 PM CDT...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FOUR MILES NORTH OF
SWIFT FALLS WITH THIS STORM.
AT 539 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GILCHRIST TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KERKHOVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 22 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...GROVE LAKE...
GILCHRIST...SUNBURG...SEDAN...PENNOCK...MURDOCK...KERKHOVEN AND DE
GRAFF.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE ROOFS...WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER
LINES. 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4553 9547 4570 9514 4521 9514 4520 9515
4504 9514 4499 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 243DEG 19KT 4545 9535 4508 9541
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 36 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.