Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT for Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 272030 TORMPX MNC009-095-272100- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0029.080627T2029Z-080627T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 325 PM CDT...THIS SEVERE STORM WAS NEAR PARENT...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOLEY. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... FOLEY... GILMAN... RONNEBY... GLENDORADO... FORESTON... PEASE... MILACA... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD. 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 4585 9363 4556 9363 4556 9395 4571 9404 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 247DEG 25KT 4565 9394 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 272040
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC009-095-272100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080627T2100Z/
MILLE LACS MN-BENTON MN-
340 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTIES...
AT 338 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR RONNEBY...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF RONNEBY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GLENDORADO...DUELM...
RONNEBY...PEASE...MILACA...FORESTON AND FOLEY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4556 9394 4573 9395 4583 9363 4580 9363
4578 9364 4577 9363 4556 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 256DEG 24KT 4566 9383
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 272052
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
351 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC009-095-272100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080627T2100Z/
MILLE LACS MN-BENTON MN-
351 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RONNEBY...AND MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GLENDORADO...RONNEBY...
PEASE...MILACA AND FORESTON.
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 4556 9389 4571 9387 4577 9364 4575 9363
4556 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 265DEG 16KT 4565 9378
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 272059
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MNC009-095-272108-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080627T2100Z/
MILLE LACS MN-BENTON MN-
358 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MILLE LACS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM CDT...
ALTHOUGH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...IT IS STILL IN AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONAL
WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 4556 9389 4571 9387 4577 9364 4575 9363
4556 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 265DEG 16KT 4565 9374
$$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, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 23 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 |
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.