Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 856
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 22, 2008, 4:51 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Washburn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2008, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cook County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 12 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kittson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing and 12 more | 117 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2008Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.