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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2008Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:56 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 10 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, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 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, 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.
May 25, 5:14 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 E Forest Lake, MN
May 25, 5:32 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 Ese Forest Lake, MN
May 25, 5:34 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Circle Pines, MN
May 25, 5:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Hugo, MN	HOUSE DOWN, WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.
May 25, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 E Blaine, MN
May 25, 5:38 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Nw Hugo, MN

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 PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 252158
TORMPX
MNC003-123-163-252230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0007.080525T2156Z-080525T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
458 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED SPOTTERES INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR LINO LAKES...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BLAINE. 
  RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM ..AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVILLE...
  FOREST LAKE...
  HUGO...
  SCANDIA...
  LINO LAKES...

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 4529 9277 4503 9281 4513 9317 4527 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 275DEG 30KT 4518 9306

$$

RAH/TRH

The 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, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	23 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	49 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.