Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Gaylord, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 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 052005
SVRMPX
MNC143-052030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0087.080605T2006Z-080605T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
306 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 302 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WINTHROP...OR ABOUT 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
WINTHROP...
GAYLORD...
ARLINGTON...
COATES...
GREEN ISLE...
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 4446 9420 4446 9448 4447 9449 4463 9433
4464 9424 4471 9419 4472 9392 4446 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 215DEG 33KT 4450 9431
$$
LS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 052022
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
321 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
MNC143-052030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080605T2030Z/
SIBLEY MN-
321 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SIBLEY COUNTY...
AT 319 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF
ARLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 59 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW ROME...NEW SWEDEN...
COATES...WINTHROP...GREEN ISLE...GAYLORD AND ARLINGTON.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS SIMILAR PORTIONS OF SIBLEY COUNTY BETWEEN 330 PM AND 415 PM
CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4446 9420 4446 9448 4447 9449 4463 9433
4464 9424 4471 9419 4472 9392 4446 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 226DEG 51KT 4463 9410
$$
LSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 11:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 83 min |
| Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 23 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.