Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2008, 2:16 PM CDT for Isanti County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Isanti County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cambridge, MN | TWO TREES DOWN. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 191916
TORMPX
MNC059-095-192000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0042.080719T1916Z-080719T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
216 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 212 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 2 MILES WEST OF PRINCETON...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF GLENDORADO...AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
DALBO...
CAMBRIDGE...
GRANDY...
STANCHFIELD...
BRAHAM...
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.
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 9314 4552 9317 4555 9351 4556 9352
4555 9358 4556 9370 4567 9373 4573 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 265DEG 28KT 4558 9359
$$
LS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 191929
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
229 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
MNC059-095-192000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080719T2000Z/
MILLE LACS MN-ISANTI MN-
229 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ISANTI AND SOUTHEASTERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES...
AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTH OF DALBO...AND MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STANCHFIELD...GRANDY...
DALBO...CAMBRIDGE AND BRAHAM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4556 9314 4552 9317 4555 9351 4556 9352
4555 9358 4556 9356 4569 9357 4569 9347
4573 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 267DEG 32KT 4559 9343
$$
LS000
WWUS53 KMPX 191938
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
238 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
MNC095-191948-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080719T2000Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
238 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4560 9314 4559 9315 4555 9315 4552 9317
4556 9345 4569 9347 4573 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 267DEG 32KT 4559 9332
$$
MNC059-192000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080719T2000Z/
ISANTI MN-
238 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ISANTI COUNTY...
AT 234 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DALBO...AND MOVING
EAST AT 37 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STANCHFIELD...GRANDY...
DALBO...CAMBRIDGE AND BRAHAM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4560 9314 4559 9315 4555 9315 4552 9317
4556 9345 4569 9347 4573 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 267DEG 32KT 4559 9332
$$
LS000
WWUS53 KMPX 192002
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
302 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
MNC059-192012-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080719T2000Z/
ISANTI MN-
302 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ISANTI COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM
CDT...
TORNADIC SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN
ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4560 9314 4559 9315 4555 9315 4552 9317
4556 9345 4569 9347 4573 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 267DEG 32KT 4559 9332
$$
LSThe 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, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 43 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 |
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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.