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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 11, 2008Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2008, 6:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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: Jul 11, 2008, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 11, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese St Joseph, MN	TIME ESTIMATED. 1 FT TREE DOWNED.
Jul 11, 7:14 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 84	Waite Park, MN
Jul 11, 7:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Watkins, MN	FIFTEEN FOOT TREE DOWNED.
Jul 11, 7:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waite Park, MN	POWER LINES TOPPLED, MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED.

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
Jul 11, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 393 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 112336
TORMPX
MNC067-093-145-120030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0034.080711T2336Z-080712T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
636 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SPICER. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  HAWICK...
  REGAL...
  PAYNESVILLE...
  MANANNAH...
  EDEN VALLEY...
  ROSCOE...
  ST MARTIN...
  RICHMOND...
  ST NICHOLAS...
  FARMING...
  COLD SPRING...
  ROCKVILLE...

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 4576 9431 4571 9423 4563 9421 4547 9412
      4517 9496 4533 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 237DEG 34KT 4522 9488

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112357
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
656 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

MNC067-120006-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080712T0030Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
656 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
THROUGH 715 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4571 9423 4563 9421 4559 9419 4557 9419
      4556 9417 4547 9412 4527 9472 4543 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 242DEG 46KT 4540 9435

$$

MNC093-145-120030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080712T0030Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
656 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...

AT 652 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST
NICHOLAS...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF WATKINS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...MANANNAH...
LUXEMBURG...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST JOSEPH...ROSCOE...
ROCKVILLE...RICHMOND AND PLEASANT LAKE.

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 4571 9423 4563 9421 4559 9419 4557 9419
      4556 9417 4547 9412 4527 9472 4543 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 242DEG 46KT 4540 9435

$$

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 120023
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
722 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

MNC093-145-120032-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080712T0030Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
722 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN
STEARNS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED 
AREA IN NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4571 9423 4563 9421 4559 9419 4557 9419
      4556 9417 4547 9412 4527 9472 4543 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 242DEG 46KT 4555 9393

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	41 min
Jul 10, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	55 min
Jul 10, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd	65 min
Jul 11, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	59 min
Jul 11, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	53 min
Jul 11, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine	54 min
Jul 11, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	65 min
Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Todd	30 min
Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift	47 min
Jul 11, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	45 min
Jul 11, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	46 min
Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	57 min
Jul 11, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	47 min
Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	65 min
Jul 11, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Sibley	55 min
Jul 11, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	54 min
Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Renville	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.