An area of surface low pressure deepened as it moved from Eastern South Dakota to West Central Minnesota during the morning and afternoon hours. This system was responsible for strong winds across portions of East Central Minnesota during the late morning and or the early afternoon.
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The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
An area of surface low pressure deepened as it moved from Eastern South Dakota to West Central Minnesota during the morning and afternoon hours. This system was responsible for strong winds across portions of East Central Minnesota during the late morning and or the early afternoon. Some wind gusts of note include: 55 knots at Stanton Airport; 52 knots at St. Paul Airport; 46 knots at South St. Paul; 45 knots recorded at Humboldt Senior High School 2 miles Southeast of St. Paul; 43 knots in Eden Prairie. Trees down and townhomes damaged near Baker Road and Highway 62 in Eden Prairie. Roof collapse reported 8555 Edenburgh Center Drive in Brooklyn Park. The roof collapse led to a gas leak in the home. Scattered trees and power lines toppled in Faribault.
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 Nov 6, 5:45 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 545 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... .DISCUSSION... AN IMPRESSIVELY DYNAMIC SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. NEARLY CENTERED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA...THIS CYCLONE UNDERWENT SIGNIFICANT INTENSIFICATION OVERNIGHT...AND IS CURRENTLY SPORTING A LOW PRESSURE CENTER CIRCA 992MB. RESULTANT WINDS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE ECLIPSED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 40 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS INTO THE 60S. STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE LOW CONTINUES TO SPAWN A CHANNEL OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM MISSOURI TO MINNESOTA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN HALF...WHERE MORNING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE HALF OF AN INCH. HAVE ALSO RETAINED A THUNDER MENTION ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE ELEVATED INSTABILITY APPEARS ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT ISOLD-SCT THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE LOW SHIFTS INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MN BY 00Z FRIDAY. CORRESPONDING ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 300K SURFACE SHIFTS INTO NORTHERN/CENTRAL MN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN AFTERNOON LULL IN MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MN. HAVE STAYED THE COURSE WITH A NEARLY STEADY TEMPERATURE TREND TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN...WHERE A MORNING HIGH WILL BE MORE LIKELY WITH SUB-40 DEGREE TEMPERATURES KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AT DAYBREAK. THE MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT CONTINUES TO REVOLVE AROUND THE PRECIPITATION TYPE. WHILE THE MAIN TROWAL SIGNATURE APPEARS TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA TONIGHT...BOTH NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS PROG A PROLONGED WEDGE OF WARM AIR AROUND 925 MB LOCALLY...ESPECIALLY FROM NORTH/EAST CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI. THIS WARM TONGUE ERODES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MN BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z FRIDAY...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI NOT APPEARING COMPLETE UNTIL CLOSER TO FRIDAY EVENING. HAVE THEREFORE INCLUDED A RAIN/SNOW SCENARIO THROUGH THE DAY GENERALLY EAST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO FARIBAULT LINE. MEASURABLE SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES STILL APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MN WHERE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE NEARLY STEADY...ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE MN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED LOW LOITERS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON SATURDAY WOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH...AND MAINLY OVER WEST CENTRAL WI. VERY FEW CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE BEYOND SUNDAY...WITH A RATHER UNEVENTFUL WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED REGIONALLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AFTER THE RECENT MILD STRETCH...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .AVIATION... /12Z TAF ISSUANCE/ STRONG SURGE OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF NEXT VORT MAX/WAVE LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST MN THIS MORNING. THIS SHOULD LIFT NORTHEAST AFFECTING ALL TAF SITE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHTNING NOTED IN AREA AS WELL...SO WILL MENTION SHRA/CB AT KEAU/KRNH/KMSP DURING THE MORNING. PROBLEM AREA WILL BE KRWF WHICH APPEARS TO BE ON THE EDGE OF CLOUDS/RAIN DURING THE MORNING AS OCCLUDED FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHEAST. COULD SEE BRIEF IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FA AS DRY SLOT WORKS EAST...ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST MVFR CIGS MOST AREAS. MODELS TREND OCCLUDED SYSTEM TO REFORM A SFC LOW OVER/NEAR KAXN THIS AFTERNOON. FOLLOWED MORE OF A GFS TREND FOR NOW...AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND SFC LOW WHICH SHOULD CHANGE RASN OVER TO SN AT KRWF AFTER 10Z OR SO. WILL MAINTAIN RASN AT KAXN THROUGH 12Z FRI. REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE LIQUID VARIETY THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z FRI AS LOW LEVEL WARM LAYER CONTINUES TO WORK AROUND THE LOW FROM THE EAST. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && LS/DWE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 427 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 071030- 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- 427 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...MAINLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH RESULTANT PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...RAIN WILL BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MORRIS TO FAIRMONT LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WINDY CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH A CONTINUED WEST TO EAST TRANSITION OF RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD BE SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down and townhomes damaged near Baker Road and Highway 62 in Eden Prairie. Roof collapse reported 8555 Edenburgh Center Drive in Brooklyn Park. The roof collapse led to a gas leak in the home.
Scattered trees and power lines toppled in Faribault.
Measured at the Stanton Airport.
Gust Measured at St Paul Airport.
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, November 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: 142146, 142147, 142149, 142772, 142148.