Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 6:06 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2008, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 112306
TORMPX
MNC127-112345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0019.080611T2306Z-080611T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
606 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF
WALNUT GROVE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRACY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
WALNUT GROVE...
MILROY...
LUCAN...
WABASSO...
VESTA...
SEAFORTH...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON 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.
LAT...LON 4420 9561 4431 9562 4432 9560 4438 9561
4455 9543 4448 9504 4417 9548 4418 9550
4418 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 220DEG 35KT 4420 9563
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 112318
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
618 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC127-112345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080611T2345Z/
REDWOOD MN-
618 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD
COUNTY...
AT 617 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALNUT GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WALNUT GROVE...WABASSO...
VESTA...SEAFORTH...MILROY AND LUCAN.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
LAT...LON 4420 9561 4431 9562 4432 9560 4438 9561
4455 9543 4448 9504 4417 9548 4418 9550
4418 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 223DEG 39KT 4430 9551
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 112346
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
643 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC127-112353-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080611T2345Z/
REDWOOD MN-
643 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM
CDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY HAS
WEAKENED..ALTHOUGH STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN REDWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4420 9561 4431 9562 4432 9560 4438 9561
4455 9543 4448 9504 4417 9548 4418 9550
4418 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 223DEG 39KT 4450 9525
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 43 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.