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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2008Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 11:34 AM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
May 25, 2008, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chisago County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 251634
SVRMPX
MNC025-251700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0019.080525T1634Z-080525T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1134 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1132 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH CITY...OR
  ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF NORTH BRANCH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSH CITY...

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.

LAT...LON 4564 9287 4564 9289 4561 9288 4557 9289
      4556 9313 4573 9313 4573 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 227DEG 42KT 4559 9298

$$

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, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns44 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, 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

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.