Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2006, 5:54 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 31, 2006, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 31, 6:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alexandria, MN | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ACROSS POWER LINE. |
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Miltona, MN | TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 312255 SVRMPX MNC041-312330- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0150.060731T2254Z-060731T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 554 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 55 MPH WINDS IS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OSAKIS... ALEXANDRIA... CARLOS... MILTONA... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4601 9542 4578 9541 4578 9515 4610 9517 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 312329 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 628 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 MNC041-312338- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-060731T2330Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 628 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... AT 604 PM CDT...LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. SEVERE STORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. LAT...LON 4601 9542 4578 9541 4578 9515 4610 9517 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 62 min |
| Jul 31, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.