Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 4:44 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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
- May 30, 2008, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Dassel, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 302144 SVRMPX MNC067-093-302245- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0060.080530T2144Z-080530T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 444 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATWATER... AND MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATWATER... LITCHFIELD... DASSEL... DARWIN... GROVE CITY... 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 4522 9426 4499 9427 4512 9497 4529 9491 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 283DEG 20KT 4518 9481 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 302158
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
456 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MNC067-093-302245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
456 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVE CITY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ATWATER...AND MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SPICER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITCHFIELD...KINGSTON...GROVE
CITY...DASSEL...DARWIN...ATWATER...HAWICK AND SPICER.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4510 9475 4523 9491 4529 9491 4524 9449
4522 9427 4520 9426 4503 9427 4502 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 282DEG 19KT 4517 9472
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 302209
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
509 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MNC067-302219-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
509 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4510 9475 4521 9467 4524 9449 4523 9442
4522 9427 4520 9426 4503 9427 4502 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 282DEG 19KT 4516 9462
$$
MNC093-302245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
MEEKER MN-
509 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY...
AT 507 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GROVE CITY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ATWATER...AND MOVING EAST AT 22
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITCHFIELD...KINGSTON...GROVE
CITY...DASSEL AND DARWIN.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4510 9475 4521 9467 4524 9449 4523 9442
4522 9427 4520 9426 4503 9427 4502 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 282DEG 19KT 4516 9462
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 302229
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
529 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MNC093-302245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080530T2245Z/
MEEKER MN-
529 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...
AT 524 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
DASSEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITCHFIELD...KINGSTON...DASSEL
AND DARWIN.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE ROOFS...WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER
LINES. 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 4509 9466 4518 9458 4524 9449 4522 9427
4519 9426 4517 9427 4503 9427 4502 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 292DEG 18KT 4509 9449
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 49 min |
| May 29, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville | 16 min |
| May 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 50 min |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 58 min |
| May 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 53 min |
| May 30, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 52 min |
| May 30, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 62 min |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 45 min |
| May 30, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 37 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.