Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 8:21 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin; Goodhue 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
- May 31, 2008, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 010121
SVRMPX
MNC049-WIC093-010215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0084.080601T0121Z-080601T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
821 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 816 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RED WING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLSWORTH...
RED WING...
BAY CITY...
PLUM CITY...
DIAMOND BLUFF...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4476 9214 4456 9214 4455 9232 4433 9272
4463 9274 4472 9273 4479 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 299DEG 31KT 4481 9250 4467 9269
$$
MB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 010202
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
902 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
MNC049-WIC093-010212-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-080601T0215Z/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
902 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PIERCE AND
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT
HOUR OR 2. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 4476 9214 4456 9214 4455 9232 4433 9272
4463 9274 4472 9273 4479 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 299DEG 31KT 4464 9207 4450 9226
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 32 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 30 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.