Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 31, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dakota County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Sw Vermillion, MN | OCCURED IN EMPIRE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 010001
SVRMPX
MNC037-010100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0080.080601T0000Z-080601T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 656 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON...OR
ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF APPLE VALLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON...
LAKEVILLE...
VERMILLION...
HAMPTON...
CASTLE ROCK...
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.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4463 9276 4463 9279 4460 9280 4450 9297
4449 9326 4469 9330 4470 9301 4478 9301
4470 9275 4464 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 319DEG 25KT 4473 9313
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 010034
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
734 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
MNC037-010100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080601T0100Z/
DAKOTA MN-
734 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY...
AT 733 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MIESVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANNON FALLS...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MIESVILLE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4463 9279 4460 9280 4452 9293 4454 9298
4467 9279 4468 9276 4468 9275 4464 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 337DEG 23KT 4459 9282
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 010044
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
744 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
MNC037-010054-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080601T0100Z/
DAKOTA MN-
744 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4463 9279 4460 9280 4452 9293 4454 9298
4467 9279 4468 9276 4468 9275 4464 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 337DEG 23KT 4453 9278
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 32 min |
| May 31, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 19 min |
| May 31, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| May 31, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.