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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 min. 6 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
- May 25, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Ham Lake, MN | |
| May 25, 4:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Forest Lake, MN | |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 E Blaine, MN | |
| May 25, 5:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | Hugo, MN | *** 1 FATAL, 9 INJ *** TORNADO RATED EF-3. TOUCHED DOWN AT 455 PM ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF LAKE PELTIER IN LINO LAKES THEN MOVED INTO HOUSING SUBDIVISION AT 501 PM. TORNADO DISSIPATED AT ABOUT 505 PM JUST NORTH OF IRISH AVE AND 140TH ST IN EASTERN HUGO. PATH LE |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ese Forest Lake, MN | |
| May 25, 5:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | Hugo, MN | *** 1 FATAL, 9 INJ *** TIME APPROXIMATE. DAMAGE SURVEY WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TODAY FROM COON RAPIDS TO HUGO AND INTO WISCONSIN. UPDATED INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED LATER TODAY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 252136
TORMPX
MNC003-123-163-252200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0006.080525T2137Z-080525T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
437 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 434 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
COON RAPIDS...OR ABOUT OVER COON RAPIDS. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC
STORM MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAK PARK...
HAM LAKE...
BLAINE...
LEXINGTON...
CIRCLE PINES...
LINO LAKES...
NORTH OAKS...
CENTERVILLE...
FOREST LAKE...
HUGO...
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 4505 9290 4516 9334 4518 9335 4527 9334
4529 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 274DEG 36KT 4520 9329
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 252139
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
438 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
MNC003-123-163-252200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-RAMSEY MN-
438 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA
COUNTIES...
AT 436 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN NEAR HIGHWAY 10 AND MAIN
STREET IN COON RAPIDS.
AT 435 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COON RAPIDS...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF COON RAPIDS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OAK PARK...LEXINGTON...NORTH
OAKS...LINO LAKES...HUGO...HAM LAKE...FOREST LAKE...COON RAPIDS...
CIRCLE PINES AND CENTERVILLE.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4505 9290 4516 9334 4518 9335 4527 9334
4529 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 274DEG 36KT 4520 9328
$$
RAH/TRH000
WWUS53 KMPX 252149
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
448 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
MNC003-123-163-252200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080525T2200Z/
ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-RAMSEY MN-
448 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA
COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLAINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEXINGTON...NORTH OAKS...LINO
LAKES...HUGO...FOREST LAKE...CIRCLE PINES...CENTERVILLE AND BLAINE.
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 4516 9288 4515 9290 4514 9289 4505 9290
4513 9321 4518 9326 4527 9319 4529 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 274DEG 36KT 4519 9314
$$
RAH/TRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 62 min |
| May 25, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 51 min |
| May 25, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 66 min |
| May 25, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 44 min |
| May 25, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 63 min |
| May 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 56 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Wright | 54 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 26 min |
| May 25, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 59 min |
| May 25, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 27 min |
| May 25, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 62 min |
| May 25, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 49 min |
| May 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 28 min |
| May 25, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.