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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2008Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 3:14 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
May 30, 2008, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-413 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 302014
SVRMPX
MNC149-302100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0049.080530T2014Z-080530T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
314 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 312 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF   
  DONNELLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DONNELLY...

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 4576 9576 4567 9576 4567 9592 4562 9593
      4568 9625 4576 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 281DEG 16KT 4576 9618

$$

MTF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302027
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC149-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080530T2100Z/
STEVENS MN-
327 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF DONNELLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DONNELLY.

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4576 9617 4576 9576 4567 9576 4567 9592
      4562 9593 4568 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 286DEG 25KT 4573 9606

$$

MTF
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302043
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC149-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080530T2100Z/
STEVENS MN-
342 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 337 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES EAST OF DONNELLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DONNELLY.

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM...
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4576 9576 4567 9576 4567 9592 4562 9593
      4564 9601 4576 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 274DEG 25KT 4568 9590

$$

MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan49 min
May 29, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Redwood, Renville16 min
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood50 min
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown49 min
May 30, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan40 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown31 min
May 30, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan47 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens54 min
May 30, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope36 min
May 30, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice63 min
May 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift58 min
May 30, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan54 min
May 30, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele28 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope39 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope27 min
May 30, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice27 min
May 30, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet53 min
May 30, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift52 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn51 min
May 30, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod57 min
May 30, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker61 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet62 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley43 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright50 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley45 min
May 30, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod37 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.