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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 1:17 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 3, 2008, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:56 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Princeton, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 031817 SVRMPX MNC009-095-097-141-145-031915- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0262.080803T1817Z-080803T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 117 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 115 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... PLEASANT LAKE... LUXEMBURG... ST JOSEPH... WAITE PARK... ST STEPHEN... ST CLOUD... SARTELL... SAUK RAPIDS... RICE... MAYHEW... DUELM... FOLEY... 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. LAT...LON 4597 9353 4552 9353 4541 9440 4570 9444 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 246DEG 29KT 4551 9431 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 031841 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 141 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 MNC009-095-097-141-145-031915- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-080803T1915Z/ MORRISON MN-MILLE LACS MN-STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 139 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR BENTON...NORTHERN SHERBURNE...EASTERN STEARNS...SOUTHERN MILLE LACS AND SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTIES... AT 139 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAUK RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILMAN AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST AUGUSTA...SANTIAGO...RUM RIVER...PARENT...MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...GLENDORADO...DUELM...COLLEGEVIL LE AND WAITE PARK. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4597 9353 4552 9353 4541 9440 4570 9444 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 252DEG 30KT 4553 9406 $$
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, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 43 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
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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.