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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 2, 2006Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$
JPR
2 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

$$
JPR
000 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift37 min
May 2, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns18 min

Nearby

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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.