Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2008, 2:32 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2008, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dakota County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 13, 2:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | S New Trier, MN | HAS BEEN HAILING FOR 10 MINUTES. HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 131932
SVRMPX
MNC037-132015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0281.080813T1932Z-080813T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
232 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 228 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 ROSEMOUNT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
ST PAUL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
COATES...
CASTLE ROCK...
VERMILLION...
RANDOLPH...
HAMPTON...
NEW TRIER...
MIESVILLE...
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 4463 9276 4463 9280 4456 9281 4448 9322
4477 9331 4490 9313 4483 9301 4478 9301
4477 9296 4478 9294 4466 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 310DEG 26KT 4471 9307
$$
LS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 131954
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008
MNC037-132015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-080813T2015Z/
DAKOTA MN-
254 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR DAKOTA COUNTY...
AT 249 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW TRIER...OR ABOUT 2
MILES NORTH OF NEW TRIER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RANDOLPH...COATES...
VERMILLION...ROSEMOUNT...NEW TRIER...MIESVILLE AND HAMPTON.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4463 9277 4463 9280 4456 9281 4451 9303
4470 9320 4482 9303 4478 9301 4477 9296
4478 9294 4466 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 308DEG 30KT 4461 9290
$$
LS000
WWUS53 KMPX 132004
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
304 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008
MNC037-132015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-080813T2015Z/
DAKOTA MN-
304 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...
AT 255 PM CDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NEW TRIER WITH THIS
STORM. THE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10
MINUTES.
AT 302 PM CDT... PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIESVILLE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES
SOUTH OF MIESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VERMILLION...MIESVILLE AND
HAMPTON.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4463 9277 4463 9280 4459 9282 4456 9281
4451 9303 4466 9304 4476 9291 4466 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 308DEG 30KT 4456 9281
$$
LSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 38 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.