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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 2006Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 9:28 AM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2006, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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 24, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 241429
SVRMPX
MNC131-241515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0178.060824T1428Z-060824T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
928 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 925 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF NORTHFIELD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF FARIBAULT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHFIELD...
  INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 74...  

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 4453 9337 4441 9344 4429 9304 4446 9305
      4447 9329

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod33 min
Aug 24, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Sibley39 min
Aug 24, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott48 min
Aug 24, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod31 min
Aug 24, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver48 min
Aug 24, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice42 min
Aug 24, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur20 min
Aug 24, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley26 min
Aug 24, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott62 min
Aug 24, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota41 min
Aug 24, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue59 min
Aug 24, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver22 min
Aug 24, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice61 min
Aug 24, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott49 min
Aug 24, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue53 min
Aug 24, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice46 min
Aug 24, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott31 min
Aug 24, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue53 min
Aug 24, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice38 min
Aug 24, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota54 min
Aug 24, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright65 min
Aug 24, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue41 min
Aug 24, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens49 min
Aug 24, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin57 min
Aug 24, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright33 min
Aug 24, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka66 min
Aug 24, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 13 more14 hr
Aug 24, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns21 min
Aug 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton37 min
Aug 24, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington27 min
Aug 24, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti23 min
Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs28 min
Aug 24, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope38 min
Aug 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti34 min
Aug 24, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington47 min
Aug 24, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd59 min
Aug 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs64 min
Aug 24, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns63 min
Aug 24, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet66 min
Aug 24, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright63 min
Aug 24, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown16 min
Aug 24, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur66 min
Aug 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne49 min
Aug 24, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin54 min
Aug 24, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice57 min
Aug 24, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice53 min
Aug 24, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur45 min
Aug 24, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue52 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.