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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2008Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 3:04 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3:17 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 E Eden Valley, MN
May 25, 3:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Kimball, MN
May 25, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Kimball, MN
May 25, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 1Kimball, MN
May 25, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 Nw Annandale, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 2:04 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr
May 25, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 252004
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-171-252100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0020.080525T2004Z-080525T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 301 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ATWATER...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EDEN VALLEY...
  WATKINS...
  ST CLOUD...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4502 9475 4523 9475 4557 9418 4555 9414
      4553 9416 4549 9414 4541 9402 4539 9394
      4537 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 231DEG 33KT 4519 9461

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 252032
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

MNC093-145-171-252100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080525T2100Z/
STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
331 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MEEKER...NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS
COUNTIES...

AT 330 PM CDT NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN KIMBALL
WITH THIS STORM.

AT 326 PM CDT.... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF KIMBALL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF WATKINS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...ST AUGUSTA...
LUXEMBURG...HASTY...FAIRHAVEN...WATKINS...ST CLOUD...SOUTH HAVEN...
PLEASANT LAKE AND LITCHFIELD.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4502 9475 4523 9475 4557 9418 4555 9414
      4553 9416 4549 9414 4541 9402 4539 9394
      4537 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 250DEG 32KT 4529 9421

$$

RAH/TRH

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, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago26 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.