Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 11:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 3, 2008, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Sherburne County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 031632
SVRMPX
MNC025-059-095-141-031715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0261.080803T1632Z-080803T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1132 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1128 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZIMMERMAN TO
13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZIMMERMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
ZIMMERMAN...
DALBO...
ISANTI...
CAMBRIDGE...
STANCHFIELD...
BRAHAM...
GRANDY...
HARRIS...
RUSH CITY...
NORTH BRANCH...
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 4541 9297 4541 9351 4538 9364 4555 9364
4567 9365 4574 9340 4573 9338 4573 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 271DEG 38KT 4564 9357 4550 9361
4537 9377
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 031644
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1144 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
MNC025-059-095-141-031715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-080803T1715Z/
MILLE LACS MN-ISANTI MN-CHISAGO MN-SHERBURNE MN-
1143 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERBURNE...NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO...ISANTI AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTIES...
AT 1143 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SEVERE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF DALBO TO 7
MILES WEST OF ISANTI TO ZIMMERMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH. STRONG
WINDS WILL EXIST BEHIND THIS LEADING EDGE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STANCHFIELD...GRANDY...
DALBO...BODUM...ATHENS...ZIMMERMAN...RUSH CITY...PRINCETON...NORTH
BRANCH AND ISANTI.
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CLEARWATER WITH THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THESE LINE OF STORMS.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4541 9297 4541 9351 4538 9364 4555 9364
4567 9365 4573 9340 4573 9338 4573 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 271DEG 38KT 4570 9334 4553 9335
4541 9356
$$
RAH000
WWUS53 KMPX 031705
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1205 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
MNC141-031712-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-080803T1715Z/
SHERBURNE MN-
1202 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4541 9297 4541 9351 4555 9348 4570 9341
4571 9339 4573 9339 4573 9297 4571 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 258DEG 39KT 4572 9305 4555 9306
4544 9328
$$
MNC025-059-031715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-080803T1715Z/
ISANTI MN-CHISAGO MN-
1202 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO AND ISANTI COUNTIES...
AT 1205 PM CDT... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
BRAHAM TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BODUM TO 5 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL BE OCCURING BEHIND THE
LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STANCHFIELD...GRANDY...
BODUM...ATHENS...RUSH CITY...NORTH BRANCH...ISANTI...HARRIS...
CAMBRIDGE AND BRAHAM.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4541 9297 4541 9351 4555 9348 4570 9341
4571 9339 4573 9339 4573 9297 4571 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 258DEG 39KT 4572 9305 4555 9306
4544 9328
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 20 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.