Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 9:04 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2006, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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 24, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 241403 SVRMPX MNC143-241430- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0175.060824T1404Z-060824T1430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 904 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 900 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY 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 4471 9397 4460 9392 4466 9378 4466 9389 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 241425 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 925 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC143-241435- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-060824T1430Z/ SIBLEY MN- 925 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEAST SIBLEY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 AM CDT... SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY. REMAIN AWARE OF THE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY...AND PREPARE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES THE AREA LATER TODAY. LAT...LON 4471 9397 4460 9392 4466 9378 4466 9389 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 20 min |
| Aug 24, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 9:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 22 min |
| Aug 24, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 21 min |
| Aug 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown | 16 min |
| Aug 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 52 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.