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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2008, 3:58 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
- May 30, 2008, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 4:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 302058 TORMPX MNC121-302145- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0012.080530T2058Z-080530T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF CYRUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARWELL... LOWRY... LONG BEACH... GLENWOOD... GROVE LAKE... WESTPORT... VILLARD... 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. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE AREA. 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. 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 4576 9515 4558 9522 4563 9575 4576 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 275DEG 20KT 4572 9567 $$ MTF
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 302107
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
407 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MNC121-302145-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080530T2145Z/
POPE MN-
407 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
POPE COUNTY...
AT 403 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART
OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARWELL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STARBUCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GROVE LAKE...WESTPORT...
VILLARD...LOWRY...LONG BEACH...GLENWOOD AND FARWELL.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4576 9568 4576 9515 4570 9518 4567 9519
4566 9520 4565 9519 4558 9522 4563 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 275DEG 20KT 4572 9560
$$
MTF000
WWUS53 KMPX 302125
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
425 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
MNC121-302135-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080530T2145Z/
POPE MN-
425 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TORNADIC. THEREFORE...
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4576 9568 4576 9515 4570 9518 4567 9519
4566 9520 4565 9519 4558 9522 4563 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 275DEG 20KT 4571 9546
$$
MTFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 49 min |
| May 29, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville | 16 min |
| May 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 50 min |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 58 min |
| May 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 53 min |
| May 30, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 52 min |
| May 30, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 61 min |
| May 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 62 min |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 45 min |
| May 30, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.