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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 23, 2006Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2006, 4:13 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2006, 4:36 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 22, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2006-08-23Temperature 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 2006-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 230914
SVRMPX
MNC067-129-231000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0166.060823T0913Z-060823T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
413 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 403 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BLOMKEST...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  WILLMAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE LILLIAN...
  THORPE...
  BLOMKEST...

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 4505 9513 4490 9519 4481 9497 4472 9475
      4482 9464 4489 9474 4493 9476 4499 9480

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 230936
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

MNC067-129-230946-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-060823T1000Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-RENVILLE MN-
436 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENVILLE AND KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4505 9513 4490 9519 4481 9497 4472 9475
      4482 9464 4489 9474 4493 9476 4499 9480

$$

MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns38 min
Aug 23, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Wright58 min
Aug 23, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti50 min
Aug 23, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift59 min
Aug 23, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka36 min
Aug 23, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago35 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.