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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2008Goodhue County, Minnesota

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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 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

$$

KAT
1 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

$$

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, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn42 min
Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn46 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

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.