Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 7:08 AM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 7, 2008, 7:08 AM CDT (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 7:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 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 071208 SVRMPX MNC091-165-071315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0095.080607T1208Z-080607T1315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 708 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 707 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF DUNNELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 43 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... DUNNELL... CEYLON... SHERBURN... WELCOME... FOXLAKE... TRIMONT... FAIRMONT... ODIN... ORMSBY... BUTTERFIELD... ECHOLS... SOUTH BRANCH... 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. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4410 9440 4352 9439 4351 9486 4410 9487 TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 217DEG 38KT 4356 9491 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 071225 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 725 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC091-165-071315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-080607T1315Z/ WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN- 725 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR MARTIN AND WATONWAN COUNTIES... AT 724 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST JAMES TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNNELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 59 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILBERT...SOUTH BRANCH... GROGAN...FOXLAKE...ECHOLS...WELCOME...TRUMAN...TRIMONT...ST JAMES AND SHERBURN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4410 9440 4352 9439 4351 9486 4410 9487 TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 228DEG 51KT 4397 9463 4354 9469 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 071246 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 745 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC091-165-071315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-080607T1315Z/ WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN- 745 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES... AT 741 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRUMAN TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILBERT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 59 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILBERT...SOUTH BRANCH... FOXLAKE...WELCOME...TRUMAN...TRIMONT...SHERBURN...ORMSBY...NORTHROP AND MADELIA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4410 9441 4352 9439 4352 9475 4385 9473 TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 228DEG 51KT 4383 9442 4357 9443 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 071255 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 754 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC091-165-071304- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-080607T1315Z/ WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN- 754 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARTIN AND EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4410 9441 4352 9439 4352 9475 4385 9473 TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 228DEG 51KT 4391 9429 4365 9430 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.