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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2008Sibley County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDTTORNADO3 E Gaylord, MNJUST N OF HWY 5.
Jun 11, 9:08 PM CDTTORNADO2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 574 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

TRH
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan37 min
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood14 min
Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope47 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet30 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan37 min
Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin40 min
Jun 11, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet23 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault49 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley64 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca38 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more3 hr
Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca56 min
Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin44 min
Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott37 min
Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn52 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca42 min
Jun 11, 11:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn4 hr
Jun 12, 2:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXGoodhue13 hr
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Olmsted31 hr
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue31 hr
Jun 12, 2:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn8 hr
Jun 12, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift39 min
Jun 12, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas28 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope41 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift30 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.