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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2008Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2008, 8:05 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2008, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2008-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 150104
TORMPX
MNC067-093-150130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0027.080615T0105Z-080615T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
805 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF NEW LONDON. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 57 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  HAWICK...
  MANANNAH...
  LITCHFIELD...
  DARWIN...

LAT...LON 4533 9501 4539 9491 4536 9476 4532 9475
      4533 9461 4527 9431 4505 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 294DEG 49KT 4532 9485

$$

KAT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Sherburne, Stearns and 2 more53 min
Jun 14, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift27 min
Jun 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright62 min
Jun 14, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod, Ramsey and 3 more62 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright15 min
Jun 14, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington50 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.