Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2006, 9:19 PM CDT for Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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
- May 2, 2006, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 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 030221
SVRMPX
MNC121-151-030315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0015.060503T0219Z-060503T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
919 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 918 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GLENWOOD TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENWOOD...
LOWRY...
SEDAN...
CLONTARF...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4574 9574 4544 9574 4531 9585 4533 9529
4576 9517
$$
JPR2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 030245
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
944 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
MNC121-151-030315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060503T0315Z/
POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
944 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SWIFT AND POPE COUNTIES...
AT 942 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWIFT FALLS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
NORTH OF BENSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
VILLARD...STARBUCK...SEDAN...LOWRY...LONG BEACH...GLENWOOD AND
CLONTARF.
LAT...LON 4574 9574 4544 9574 4531 9585 4533 9529
4576 9517
$$
JPR000
WWUS53 KMPX 030312
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
MNC121-151-030319-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-060503T0315Z/
POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
1009 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SWIFT AND POPE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 10 PM...AND NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
SEDAN TO BENSON...AND MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1015 PM.
LAT...LON 4574 9574 4544 9574 4531 9585 4533 9529
4576 9517
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 37 min |
| May 2, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 18 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.