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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2008Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 3:24 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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
May 30, 2008, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 30, 3:30 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ne Cyrus, MNBRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD.
May 30, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Cyrus, MNHAIL RANGING FROM NICKEL SIZE TO GOLF BALL SIZE IN CYRUS. TIME APPROXIMATED.
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Starbuck, MN
May 30, 3:53 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 Wnw Starbuck, MNFUNNEL CLOUD ALMOST TOUCHED GROUND 2 MILES NORTH AND 6 MILES WEST OF STARBUCK.

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2008-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2008-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-413 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 302024
TORMPX
MNC121-302100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0011.080530T2024Z-080530T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
324 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF
  STARBUCK...OR ABOUT OVER CYRUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STARBUCK...
  LONG BEACH...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A SMALL TORNADO IS IMMINENT...
BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 4565 9540 4546 9551 4554 9574 4567 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 283DEG 16KT 4558 9571

$$

MTF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302035
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
333 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC121-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080530T2100Z/
POPE MN-
333 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
POPE COUNTY...

AT 329 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CYRUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STARBUCK...LONG BEACH...AND
LAKE MINNEWASKA.

LARGE HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4564 9569 4565 9540 4549 9549 4549 9551
      4547 9550 4546 9551 4554 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 283DEG 17KT 4557 9564

$$

MTF
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302039
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC121-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080530T2100Z/
POPE MN-
338 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
POPE COUNTY...

AT 335 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CYRUS BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AT 337 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARBUCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STARBUCK AND LAKE MINNEWASKA.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4553 9571 4563 9566 4565 9540 4549 9549
      4549 9551 4547 9550 4546 9551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 283DEG 17KT 4556 9561

$$

MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan49 min
May 29, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Redwood, Renville16 min
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood50 min
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown49 min
May 30, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan40 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown31 min
May 30, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan47 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens54 min
May 30, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens46 min
May 30, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice63 min
May 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift58 min
May 30, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan54 min
May 30, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele28 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope39 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope27 min
May 30, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice27 min
May 30, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet53 min
May 30, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift52 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn51 min
May 30, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod57 min
May 30, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker61 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet62 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley43 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright50 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley45 min
May 30, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod37 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.