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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2006Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2006, 7:44 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 19, 2006, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2006, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-662 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 191246
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-191330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.060719T1244Z-060719T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
744 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 742 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GRANITE FALLS...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS...
  WOOD LAKE...
  ECHO...
  BELVIEW...
  DELHI...
  RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF SACRED HEART AND RENVILLE...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4479 9560 4453 9559 4446 9503 4475 9497

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 191318
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

MNC173-191325-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060719T1330Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
815 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4473 9535 4456 9534 4445 9555 4446 9503
      4475 9497

$$

MNC127-129-191330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060719T1330Z/
RENVILLE MN-REDWOOD MN-
815 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES...

AT 812 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM OLIVIA TO WABASSO. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
MORGAN...BUFFALO LAKE...AND FAIRFAX.

LAT...LON 4473 9535 4456 9534 4445 9555 4446 9503
      4475 9497

$$

RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 191331
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
830 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

MNC127-129-191345-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-060719T1345Z/
RENVILLE MN-REDWOOD MN-
830 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 830 AM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND HEAVY RAIN REMAIN POSSIBLE IN EASTERN 
REDWOOD
COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM.

LAT...LON 4473 9535 4456 9534 4445 9555 4446 9503
      4475 9497

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine50 min
Jul 19, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Watonwan64 min
Jul 19, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 3 more61 min
Jul 19, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.