Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 8:32 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Goodhue County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 071332
SVRMPX
MNC049-071415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.080607T1332Z-080607T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
832 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 827 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENYON...
OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
WANAMINGO...
ZUMBROTA...
GOODHUE...
BELLECHESTER...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 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 4436 9244 4436 9249 4435 9253 4420 9254
4421 9304 4439 9303 4445 9241 4438 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 261DEG 52KT 4427 9287
$$
KAT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 071410
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
909 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
MNC049-071419-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080607T1415Z/
GOODHUE MN-
909 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 915 AM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...HOWEVER...FOR NORTHEASTERN
GOODHUE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...SO REMAIN ALERT TODAY.
LAT...LON 4436 9244 4436 9249 4435 9253 4420 9254
4421 9304 4439 9303 4445 9241 4438 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 261DEG 52KT 4435 9213
$$
KATThe 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, 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, 8:51 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.