Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2006, 9:29 AM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2006, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2006, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Waseca, MN | POWER POLE DOWN |
| Jul 19, 9:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Faribault, MN | DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES |
| Jul 19, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Goodhue, MN | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 19, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goodhue, MN | TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 191429
SVRMPX
MNC013-037-043-047-049-079-131-147-161-WIC091-093-191530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0103.060719T1429Z-060719T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
929 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 926 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23
MILES EAST OF CANNON FALLS TO 14 MILES NORTH OF WATERVILLE TO 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNESOTA LAKE...
NORTHFIELD...
NEW RICHLAND...
ALDEN...
CANNON FALLS...
ELLENDALE...
CLARKS GROVE...
ALBERT LEA...
GENEVA...
GLENVILLE...
LAT...LON 4459 9245 4442 9355 4354 9421 4351 9304
4422 9308 4443 9247 4458 9096
$$
RJN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 191521
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
MNC013-037-043-047-049-079-131-147-161-WIC091-093-191535-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-060719T1530Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-
STEELE MN-FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-PIERCE WI-PEPIN WI-
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEPIN...PIERCE...FREEBORN...FARIBAULT...STEELE...WASECA...BLUE
EARTH...RICE...LE SUEUR...GOODHUE AND DAKOTA COUNTIES...
AT 1012 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS...FROM HASTINGS...TO CANNON FALLS...TO OWATONNA...TO
CLARKSGROVE.
EARLIER...AT 938 AM...THE EAGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 494 AND HIGHWAY 5 IN DAKOTA COUNTY. THE FUNNEL
APPEARED...THEN RETREATED INTO THE CLOUDS.
A CHECK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN 1000 AM AND 1015 AM HAS
REVEALED NON-SPECIFIC REPORTS OF HEAVY WINDS...SOME POWER
OUTAGES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THE WARNING WILL PROBABLY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 AM.
LAT...LON 4459 9245 4442 9355 4354 9421 4351 9304
4422 9308 4443 9247 4458 9096
$$
RJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.