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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 3:07 PM CDT for Benton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2008, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Benton County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 272008 TORMPX MNC009-272030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0028.080627T2007Z-080627T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 306 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR SAUK RAPIDS...OR ABOUT OVER SAUK RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... MAYHEW... PARENT... DUELM... RONNEBY... FOLEY... 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 4580 9376 4556 9377 4556 9415 4565 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 254DEG 20KT 4559 9415 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 272018
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC009-272030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080627T2030Z/
BENTON MN-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 315 PM CDT...A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF ST CLOUD.
THID TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF SAUK
RAPIDS...AND MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PARENT...MAYHEW...DUELM...SAUK
RAPIDS...RONNEBY AND FOLEY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4569 9376 4567 9377 4565 9377 4556 9377
4556 9415 4566 9419 4580 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 254DEG 20KT 4561 9407
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 272026
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
324 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC009-272030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080627T2030Z/
BENTON MN-
324 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 324 PM CDT...A DELAYED REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF SARTELL
WAS RECEIVED.
AT 324 PM CDT...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARENT...OR ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTH OF MAYHEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PARENT...MAYHEW...DUELM...SAUK
RAPIDS...RONNEBY...GILMAN AND FOLEY.
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4569 9376 4567 9377 4565 9377 4556 9377
4556 9415 4566 9419 4580 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 254DEG 20KT 4562 9401
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 53 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.