Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2008, 2:02 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 19, 2008, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sherburne County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Becker, MN | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A BARN ALONG 165TH AVE NW AND DOWNED SEVERAL 2 TO 3 FT OAK TREES. TIME WAS ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 19, 2:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Big Lake, MN | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN VICINITY OF BIG LAKE. REPORTED BY OFF DUTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 191902 TORMPX MNC141-191945- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0041.080719T1902Z-080719T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 202 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 159 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR BECKER...OR ABOUT OVER BECKER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... BIG LAKE... ZIMMERMAN... ELK RIVER... 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 4556 9352 4530 9352 4534 9386 4545 9401 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 262DEG 26KT 4538 9386 $$ LS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 191913 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 210 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008 MNC141-191945- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080719T1945Z/ SHERBURNE MN- 210 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY... AROUND 215 PM...A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF BECKER. AT 208 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF BECKER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING ANOTHER STORM EAST OF CLEARWATER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH INTO WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ZIMMERMAN...ELK RIVER...CLEAR LAKE...BIG LAKE AND BECKER. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. LAT...LON 4556 9352 4530 9352 4534 9386 4545 9401 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 262DEG 26KT 4539 9378 $$ LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 20 min |
| Jul 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Martin | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 2 hr |
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.