Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2006, 10:57 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2006, 11:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Becker, MN | TREES DOWN ACROSS THE 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 4090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 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 010357
SVRMPX
MNC141-171-010500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0154.060801T0357Z-060801T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1057 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1052 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BECKER...OR ABOUT 19
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKER...
MONTICELLO...
BIG LAKE...
ELK RIVER...
LAT...LON 4537 9410 4522 9399 4530 9353 4553 9356
4555 9374
$$
KAT2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 010423 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 MNC171-010432- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-060801T0500Z/ WRIGHT MN- 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4553 9380 4533 9373 4530 9353 4553 9356 $$ MNC141-010500- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-060801T0500Z/ SHERBURNE MN- 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY... AT 1119 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZIMMERMAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ELK RIVER. LAT...LON 4553 9380 4533 9373 4530 9353 4553 9356 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 010432 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1132 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 MNC141-010442- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-060801T0500Z/ SHERBURNE MN- 1132 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BEFORE MOVING OUT OF SHERBURNE COUNTY...THE STORM DOWNED TREES IN BECKER TOWNSHIP AT 1100 PM. LAT...LON 4553 9380 4533 9373 4530 9353 4553 9356 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more | 24 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.