Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2008, 4:17 AM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 16, 2008, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 160916
SVRMPX
MNC041-160945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0200.080716T0917Z-080716T0945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
417 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 413 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON...
OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
LEAF VALLEY...
MILTONA...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 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 4603 9514 4590 9568 4610 9571 4612 9533
4612 9531 4612 9515 4611 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 267DEG 34KT 4600 9553
$$
KAT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 160943
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
443 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
MNC041-160953-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-080716T0945Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
443 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 445 AM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE DECREASED IN
INTENSITY...AND THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DOUGLAS
COUNTY THROUGH 515 AM...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4603 9514 4590 9568 4610 9571 4612 9533
4612 9531 4612 9515 4611 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 267DEG 34KT 4601 9518
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 58 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.