Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 8:48 PM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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
- Jun 11, 2008, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Gaylord, MN | JUST N OF HWY 5. |
| Jun 11, 9:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Gaylord, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 574 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 740 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 120149
TORMPX
MNC143-120215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.080612T0148Z-080612T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 844 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES NORTH OF
NEW SWEDEN...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAYLORD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
NEW ROME...
NEW AUBURN...
ARLINGTON...
COATES...
GREEN ISLE...
AT 830 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINTHROP...
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 8 AND COUNTY ROAD 53.
LAT...LON 4450 9431 4471 9425 4472 9389 4467 9388
4467 9377 4463 9382 4459 9391 4455 9391
4446 9401 4446 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 222DEG 31KT 4454 9416
$$
TRH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 120209
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
908 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC143-120215-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080612T0215Z/
SIBLEY MN-
908 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
SIBLEY COUNTY...
AT 907 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 3 MILES
EAST OF GAYLORD...JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 5.
TAKE COVER NOW.
AT 903 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW ROME...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF ARLINGTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUSH RIVER...NEW ROME...
COATES...GREEN ISLE AND ARLINGTON.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4446 9420 4471 9414 4472 9389 4467 9388
4467 9377 4463 9382 4459 9391 4455 9391
4446 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 221DEG 25KT 4457 9404
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 120219
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
916 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
MNC143-120226-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080612T0215Z/
SIBLEY MN-
916 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM
CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THE TORNADO EAST
OF GAYLORD HAS WEAKENED...AND DOES NOT APPEAR TORNADIC AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH FAR EASTERN
SIBLEY COUNTY. A NEW TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IF THE STORM
STRENGTHENS AGAIN OR IF NEW REPORTS ARE RECEIVED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4446 9420 4471 9414 4472 9389 4467 9388
4467 9377 4463 9382 4459 9391 4455 9391
4446 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 221DEG 25KT 4457 9403
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 13 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Olmsted | 31 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 31 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 30 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.