Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2008Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:47 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 8 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
Jun 5, 2008, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 3:49 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Victoria, MN
Jun 5, 3:49 PM CDTHAIL 1Chanhassen, MN
Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDTHAIL 1Chanhassen, MN
Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 N Shorewood, MNHAIL WAS OBSERVED IN TONKA BAY
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Plymouth, MN.5 MILES NORTH OF 394 AT 694
Jun 5, 4:03 PM CDTHAIL 1Minnetonka, MNOBSERVED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CARLSON PARKWAY AND 494
Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Maple Grove, MNHAIL WAS OBSERVED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 63RD AND HWY 169
Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Brooklyn Center, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 052047
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-052115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0090.080605T2047Z-080605T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE    
  OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60  
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA...OR     
  ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50    
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  VICTORIA...
  MOUND...
  CHANHASSEN...
  INDEPENDENCE...
  MAPLE PLAIN...
  EXCELSIOR...
  MINNETONKA...
  LORETTO...
  THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...
  HOPKINS...
  PLYMOUTH...
  ST LOUIS PARK...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

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 4520 9344 4499 9322 4482 9355 4488 9376
      4495 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 230DEG 44KT 4486 9368

$$

LS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052059
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC019-053-052115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-080605T2115Z/
HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN-
359 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 352 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CHANHASSEN WITH 
THIS STORM.

AT 357 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WOODLAND...OR ABOUT OVER EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODLAND...WAYZATA...
SHOREWOOD...ORONO...MOUND...MINNETONKA...MINNETRISTA...MEDICINE
LAKE...HAMEL AND EXCELSIOR.

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 4520 9344 4499 9322 4482 9355 4488 9376
      4495 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 229DEG 47KT 4497 9351

$$

LS
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052107
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC019-053-052115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-080605T2115Z/
HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN-
406 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF INTERSTATES 394 AND 494 WITH THIS STORM.

AT 402 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PLYMOUTH...OR ABOUT OVER PLYMOUTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODLAND...WAYZATA...
SHOREWOOD...ORONO...MOUND...MINNETONKA...MINNETRISTA...MEDICINE
LAKE...HAMEL AND EXCELSIOR.

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 4520 9344 4499 9322 4482 9355 4488 9376
      4495 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 231DEG 57KT 4506 9336

$$

LS
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052111
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC019-053-052115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-080605T2115Z/
HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN-
410 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM CDT...INCH AND A QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN PLYMOUTH WITH THIS STORM.

AT 406 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CRYSTAL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF BROOKLYN PARK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODLAND...WAYZATA...
SHOREWOOD...ORONO...MOUND...MINNETONKA...MINNETRISTA...MEDICINE
LAKE...HAMEL AND EXCELSIOR.

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 4520 9344 4499 9322 4482 9355 4488 9376
      4495 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 231DEG 57KT 4510 9329

$$

LS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more17 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood48 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet45 min
Jun 5, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley24 min
Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley32 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley30 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley34 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington29 min
Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott83 min
Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Scott32 min
Jun 5, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.