Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 230936
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
MNC067-129-230946-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-060823T1000Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-RENVILLE MN-
436 AM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENVILLE AND KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4505 9513 4490 9519 4481 9497 4472 9475
4482 9464 4489 9474 4493 9476 4499 9480
$$
MTFThe 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, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Wright | 58 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 |
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.