Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 7:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 010019 TORMPX MNC003-123-163-010100- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0016.080601T0018Z-080601T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 718 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 714 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF HAM LAKE...OR ABOUT OVER BLAINE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEXINGTON... CIRCLE PINES... LINO LAKES... CENTERVILLE... ARDEN HILLS... SHOREVIEW... NORTH OAKS... ROSEVILLE... VADNAIS HEIGHTS... LITTLE CANADA... WHITE BEAR LAKE... GEM LAKE... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4507 9282 4497 9311 4522 9329 4530 9317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 319DEG 36KT 4519 9315 $$ MDB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 010033 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 733 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008 MNC003-123-163-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080601T0100Z/ ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-RAMSEY MN- 733 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN RAMSEY...CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES... AT 730 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN NEAR NEW BRIGHTON. AT 728 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH OAKS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHOREVIEW...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEXINGTON...GEM LAKE...WHITE BEAR LAKE...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...SHOREVIEW...ROSEVILLE...NORTH ST PAUL...NORTH OAKS...MAHTOMEDI AND WILLERNIE. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4507 9282 4497 9311 4522 9329 4530 9317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 319DEG 36KT 4508 9305 $$ MDB
000 WWUS53 KMPX 010048 RRA SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008 MNC003-123-163-010058- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080601T0100Z/ ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-RAMSEY MN- 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RAMSEY...CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4507 9282 4497 9311 4522 9329 4530 9317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 319DEG 36KT 4496 9292 $$ MDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 32 min |
| May 31, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 19 min |
| May 31, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| May 31, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 41 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.