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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 20084 counties in Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 Se Brooklyn Park, MNAT 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.

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°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

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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

$$

LS
1 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

$$

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, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin28 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley34 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.