Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 6:32 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood 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 11, 2008, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 112332
TORMPX
MNC015-127-120015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0020.080611T2332Z-080612T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTH OF
REVERE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STORDEN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
REVERE...
LAMBERTON...
SANBORN...
WANDA...
SPRINGFIELD...
WABASSO...
CLEMENTS...
COBDEN...
EVAN...
MORGAN...
REDWOOD FALLS...
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.
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 4419 9513 4418 9545 4419 9547 4457 9509
4451 9490 4436 9467 4411 9510 4412 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 217DEG 43KT 4411 9534
$$
TRH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 112346 RRA
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
646 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC015-127-120015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080612T0015Z/
REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-
646 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 644 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAMBERTON...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAMBERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
WANDA...WABASSO...SPRINGFIELD...SANBORN...REVERE...REDWOOD
FALLS...MORGAN...LAMBERTON AND EVAN.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4419 9513 4418 9545 4419 9547 4457 9509
4451 9490 4436 9467 4411 9510 4412 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 219DEG 39KT 4423 9521
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 120006
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
704 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC015-127-120015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080612T0015Z/
REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-
704 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 659 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE COTTONWOOD...REDWOOD
COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH OF SANBORN.
AT 703 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF WANDA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WANDA...WABASSO...
SPRINGFIELD...SANBORN...REVERE...REDWOOD FALLS...NORTH REDWOOD...
MORGAN...LAMBERTON AND EVAN.
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 4419 9513 4418 9545 4419 9547 4457 9509
4451 9490 4436 9467 4411 9510 4412 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 216DEG 40KT 4430 9511
$$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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 39 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.