Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 2:25 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Richmond, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 031925
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-032030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0265.080803T1925Z-080803T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 221 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF BELGRADE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
BELGRADE...
GEORGEVILLE...
REGAL...
PAYNESVILLE...
ST MARTIN...
RICHMOND...
ALBANY...
COLD SPRING...
AVON...
ROCKVILLE...
COLLEGEVILLE...
ST JOSEPH...
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 4534 9418 4533 9518 4541 9515 4542 9514
4543 9515 4549 9512 4553 9512 4569 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 255DEG 33KT 4545 9501
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 031941
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
MNC067-145-032030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-080803T2030Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
241 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS COUNTIES...
AT 239 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF SPRING HILL TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BELGRADE...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...LUXEMBURG...
GEORGEVILLE...FARMING...COLLEGEVILLE...ST MARTIN...ST JOSEPH...SPRING
HILL...ROSCOE AND ROCKVILLE.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4534 9418 4533 9518 4541 9515 4542 9514
4543 9515 4549 9512 4553 9512 4569 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 258DEG 29KT 4552 9474 4539 9506
$$000 WWUS53 KMPX 032013 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 313 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 MNC067-032023- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-080803T2030Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 313 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4534 9418 4535 9475 4563 9458 4569 9434 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 258DEG 31KT 4543 9462 $$ MNC145-032030- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-080803T2030Z/ STEARNS MN- 313 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY... AT 311 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSCOE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAYNESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...LUXEMBURG... FARMING...COLLEGEVILLE...ST JOSEPH...ROSCOE...ROCKVILLE...RICHMOND... PLEASANT LAKE AND PAYNESVILLE. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4534 9418 4535 9475 4563 9458 4569 9434 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 258DEG 31KT 4543 9462 $$
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, 1:17 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.