Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDLH 300701 TORDLH MNC001-021-035-300730- /O.NEW.KDLH.TO.W.0013.060730T0700Z-060730T0730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 200 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CROW WING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMILY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE PINE BY 205 AM... WAUKENABO AND BAIN BY 220 AM... WALDECK BY 225 AM... PALISADE BY 230 AM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4693 9385 4674 9399 4656 9349 4679 9332 $$ DAP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDLH 300714 SVSDLH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 212 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006 MNC001-021-035-300730- /O.CON.KDLH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060730T0730Z/ CROW WING MN-AITKIN MN-CASS MN- 212 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR CASS... AITKIN AND CROW WING COUNTIES... AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE PINE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAUKENABO AND BAIN BY 225 AM... WALDECK AND PALISADE BY 230 AM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4693 9385 4674 9399 4656 9349 4679 9332 $$ DAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 30 min | |
| Jul 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 32 min | |
| Jul 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 47 min | |
| Jul 29, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 45 min | |
| Jul 29, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 16 min |
| Jul 29, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 34 min | |
| Jul 29, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 33 min | |
| Jul 30, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 42 min | |
| Jul 30, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Crow Wing | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 13 min |
| Jul 30, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 55 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 61 min | |
| Jul 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 53 min | |
| Jul 30, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 62 min | |
| Jul 30, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 49 min | |
| Jul 30, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 33 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | DLH | 38 min | |
| Jul 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 30 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.