Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 4:08 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- May 2, 2008, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Ellendale, MN | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA. DAMAGE AROUND TOWN CONSISTED OF MOSTLY 2 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS AND LESS. ONE 10 INCH LIMB DOWNED. |
| May 2, 4:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 7 N Ellendale, MN | REPORTED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD VIA STEELE COUNTY DISPATCH |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 022108
SVRMPX
MNC047-147-161-022200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0006.080502T2108Z-080502T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
408 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 405 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF NEW RICHLAND TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEW RICHLAND TO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RICHLAND...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 38 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW RICHLAND...
WASECA...
OWATONNA...
MEDFORD...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN CLARKS GROVE AND MEDFORD...
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 62 MPH WERE REPORTED IN ALBERT LEA WITH THIS
STORM.
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.
REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4419 9371 4420 9306 4364 9306 4372 9333
4364 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 171DEG 33KT 4374 9358 4382 9335
4376 9312
$$
KAT2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022133 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MNC047-022142- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/ FREEBORN MN- 432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREEBORN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT ANY PAST SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4419 9371 4420 9306 4386 9306 4386 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 171DEG 33KT 4396 9363 4398 9317 $$ MNC147-161-022200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/ WASECA MN-STEELE MN- 432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF OTISCO TO STEELE CENTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 38 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STEELE CENTER...OTISCO... MOLAND...MERTON...DEERFIELD...CLINTON FALLS...BIXBY...WASECA... OWATONNA AND NEW RICHLAND. 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. REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4419 9371 4420 9306 4386 9306 4386 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 171DEG 33KT 4396 9363 4398 9317 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022200 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 457 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MNC147-161-022207- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/ WASECA MN-STEELE MN- 457 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... AT ABOUT 420 PM CDT...DAMAGING WINDS OF 63 MPH WERE REPORTED IN ELLENDALE WITH THE STORM. SEVERAL REPORTS OF UP TO 10 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWNED HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA...THAT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS 50 MPH WINDS. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. LAT...LON 4419 9371 4420 9306 4386 9306 4386 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 171DEG 33KT 4419 9368 4421 9322 $$ KAT/MCS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| May 1, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 49 min |
| May 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 20 more | 29 hr |
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.