Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2008, 8:04 AM CST for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
- Nov 5, 2008, 8:04 AM CST (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2008, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 051404
SVRMPX
MNC067-051445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0293.081105T1404Z-081105T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 845 AM CST
* AT 805 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH
OF PRINSBURG...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
PRINSBURG...
BLOMKEST...
SVEA...
LAKE LILLIAN...
WILLMAR...
KANDIYOHI...
ATWATER...
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 4516 9502 4525 9477 4502 9476 4489 9492
4489 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 214DEG 43KT 4481 9516
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 051414
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
814 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
MNC067-051445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081105T1445Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
813 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CST
FOR SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
AT 813 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINSBURG...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF DANUBE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SVEA...PRINSBURG...LAKE
LILLIAN...KANDIYOHI...BLOMKEST AND ATWATER.
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR RENVILLE AND DANUBE
WITH THIS STORM.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY HAIL TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4516 9502 4525 9477 4502 9476 4489 9492
4489 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 214DEG 43KT 4489 9508
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 051433
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
833 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
MNC067-051445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081105T1445Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
832 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CST
FOR EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
AT 832 AM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATWATER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
LILLIAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATWATER.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY HAIL TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4521 9477 4502 9476 4501 9477 4496 9483
4496 9484 4495 9485 4501 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 219DEG 43KT 4505 9484
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 051441
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
841 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
MNC067-051450-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081105T1445Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
840 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 845 AM CST...
THE SEVERE STORM WAS ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.
REPORT ANY HAIL YOU RECEIVED TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4521 9477 4502 9476 4501 9477 4496 9483
4496 9484 4495 9485 4501 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 219DEG 43KT 4512 9475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 26 min |
| Nov 5, 7:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 28 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.