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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2008Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

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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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 7, 8:05 AM CDTHAIL 0.884 W Frost, MNREPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 4 AND COUNTY ROAD 13.
Jun 7, 8:20 AM CDTHAIL 0.881 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 131 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 318 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more31 hr
Jun 7, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan47 min
Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn46 min
Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue43 min
Jun 7, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue43 min
Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn66 min
Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn50 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.