Scattered bouts of severe weather were generated during the late afternoon and evening, in advance of a cold front which exited Minnesota by the early morning hours of the 28th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Scattered bouts of severe weather were generated during the late afternoon and evening, in advance of a cold front which exited Minnesota by the early morning hours of the 28th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 1:24 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 224 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 .DISCUSSION... MESSY SURFACE PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE WAVE THAT WAS OVER FAR SOUTHERN MN THIS MORNING HAS PROGRESSED INTO SW WI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A TROF STRETCHES SW FROM THE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL IA...WHICH HAS TURNED THE FLOW TO THE WEST. ANOTHER TROF EXTENDS N-S THROUGH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREAS OF MN NEAR THIS AXIS WHERE HEATING WAS MAXIMIZED. SOME SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS WHERE 0-1KM AND 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES ARE 15 AND 30 KNOTS RESPECTIVELY. VERY LITTLE SHEAR ACROSS OUR MN CWA ATTM. SHEAR VALUES ARE PROGGED BY THE RUC TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TO VALUES SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN TO OUR NORTH. 0-3KM CAPE IS ALSO ABOVE 100 J/KG TO OUR NORTH ATTM AND THIS TOO IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI. HENCE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 620 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. TO OUR WEST AND NORTH...A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM FAR NORTHWEST MN THROUGH EASTERN SD AND WILL PUSH EAST OF THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT... BRINING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AN END. A DEEP UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN IS STILL ON TRACK TO ARRIVE OVER THE LOCAL AREA ON SATURDAY. 12HR 400MB HEIGHT FALLS VALID SATURDAY MORNING ARE 180M OVER THE CWA ALONG WITH A HUGE INCREASE IN PV. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK GOOD FOR TOMORROW ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. IN FACT...THE SHOWERS SHOULD PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. 15Z SREF POPS POINTING TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY WITH JUST A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OVER FAR EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI. HIGH PRESSURE TO BEGIN THE WORK WEEK WHICH SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY. GREAT COLLABORATION TODAY WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES ON THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERIOD. DECIDED TO GO WITH THE ECMWF SOLUTION WHICH WOULD DRIVE A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FA ON WEDNESDAY WITH DRY WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .AVIATION... /18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCV WILL CONTINUE PIVOTING NORTHEAST OF THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH NEW /AND MORE ORGANIZED/ TS/SHRA DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES FROM WESTERN MN TO WEST CENTRAL WI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT KAXN/KRWF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO KSTC/KMSP/KRNH/KEAU DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT A PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS TO ACCOMPANY THE TROUGH/FROPA THIS AFTERNOON. WESTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. STRONG CLOSED MID/UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA ON SATURDAY. CU DEVELOPMENT AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && RAH/LS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 281700- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1155 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH THE MOST LIKELY WINDOW OF TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEING BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES...AS A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS LINE. LS/KAT
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 47 year old male was struck by lightning in his back yard. The victim was unconscious for several hours and admitted to Hennepin County Medical Center. Luckily, he suffered no serious injuries.
Sheriff's deputy reported near zero visibility with heavy rain and hail|on Highway 212 between Cologne and Norwood Young America.
Ten inch tree snapped.
Reported at intersection of Highway 71 and County Road 11.
Relayed by meteorologist at Weather Eye Radio.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 119352, 115843, 119355, 115844, 115851, 115846, 115847, 115848.