Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 4:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 4:13 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Se Brooklyn Park, MN | AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 100 AND I-694. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 052101
SVRMPX
MNC003-053-123-163-052130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.080605T2101Z-080605T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
401 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 357 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 13 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
CHAMPLIN...
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS...
FRIDLEY...
ANOKA...
ROSEVILLE...
NEW BRIGHTON...
COON RAPIDS...
MOUNDS VIEW...
ARDEN HILLS...
SHOREVIEW...
ANDOVER...
BLAINE...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 4540 9323 4526 9292 4513 9275 4499 9322
4520 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 230DEG 58KT 4502 9343
$$
LS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 052116
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
MNC003-053-123-163-052130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080605T2130Z/
ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-
416 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RAMSEY...NORTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND
ANOKA COUNTIES...
AT 413 PM CDT...ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BROOKLYN
CENTER WITH THIS STORM.
AT 414 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BLAINE...OR ABOUT OVER BLAINE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SPRING LAKE PARK...OAK PARK...
LEXINGTON...CEDAR...WHITE BEAR LAKE...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...SHOREVIEW...
ROSEVILLE...NORTH OAKS AND NEW BRIGHTON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4540 9323 4526 9292 4513 9275 4499 9322
4520 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 230DEG 58KT 4517 9317
$$
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, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 24 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, 4:07 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 |
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.