Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 7:58 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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 7, 2008, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 8:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:05 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 W Frost, MN | REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 4 AND COUNTY ROAD 13. |
| Jun 7, 8:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Alden, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 071258 SVRMPX MNC043-047-071400- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0096.080607T1258Z-080607T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 758 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 753 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... FROST... DELAVAN... BRICELYN... EASTON... KIESTER... WALTERS... MINNESOTA LAKE... WELLS... EMMONS... CONGER... ALDEN... FREEBORN... 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 4385 9346 4351 9346 4351 9423 4383 9424 TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 239DEG 52KT 4361 9398 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 071315 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC043-047-071400- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-080607T1400Z/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 815 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR WESTERN FREEBORN AND EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 805 AM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FARIBAULT COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. AT 810 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSH CREEK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANSFIELD...BRUSH CREEK... BARODA...WELLS...WALTERS...KIESTER...HARTLAND...FROST...FREEBORN AND EMMONS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4383 9395 4385 9346 4351 9346 4351 9398 TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 238DEG 48KT 4372 9373 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 071340 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 839 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 MNC043-047-071349- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-080607T1400Z/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 839 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FREEBORN AND EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST OF FROST AND NEAR ALDEN BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4383 9395 4385 9346 4351 9346 4351 9398 TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 238DEG 48KT 4389 9335 $$ KAT
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, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 47 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
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.