Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2006, 6:48 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 18, 2006, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 182347 SVRMPX MNC041-190045- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0013.060418T2348Z-060419T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 648 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARLOS... GARFIELD... MILTONA... LEAF VALLEY... MILLERVILLE... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4577 9553 4578 9527 4664 9534 4661 9573 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 190008 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 707 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 MNC041-190045- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060419T0045Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 707 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARFIELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA... AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRANDON AND MILLERVILLE. LAT...LON 4577 9553 4578 9527 4664 9534 4661 9573 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 190022 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 722 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 MNC041-190032- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060419T0045Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 722 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4577 9553 4578 9527 4664 9534 4661 9573 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 28 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.