Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2006, 2:32 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 23, 2006, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2006, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 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 230735
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-171-230830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0161.060823T0732Z-060823T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
232 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 226 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FOLEY
TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUK RAPIDS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...
FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...
SAUK RAPIDS...
ANNANDALE...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4535 9409 4543 9404 4545 9408 4563 9420
4566 9420 4575 9405 4559 9377 4557 9377
4544 9360 4519 9367 4510 9397 4510 9401
4527 9426
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 230756
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
MNC009-230805-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-060823T0830Z/
BENTON MN-
255 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4535 9409 4557 9377 4554 9352 4526 9352
4519 9367 4510 9397 4510 9401 4527 9426
$$
MNC141-171-230830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-060823T0830Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
255 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR WRIGHT AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES...
AT 253 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTH OF ZIMMERMAN TO 6 MILES WEST OF ANNANDALE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ELK RIVER AND BUFFALO.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4535 9409 4557 9377 4554 9352 4526 9352
4519 9367 4510 9397 4510 9401 4527 9426
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 230830
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
329 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
MNC141-171-230839-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-060823T0830Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
329 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 330 AM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IS NOT EXPECTED.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4535 9409 4557 9377 4554 9352 4526 9352
4519 9367 4510 9397 4510 9401 4527 9426
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 23 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.