Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2006, 7:26 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2006, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sw Minnetonka, MN | |
| May 8, 7:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Minnetonka, MN | |
| May 8, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Plymouth, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 090026 SVRMPX MNC053-090115- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0018.060509T0026Z-060509T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 726 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNETONKA...OR ABOUT OVER EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST LOUIS PARK... PLYMOUTH... MAPLE GROVE... BROOKLYN PARK... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4491 9358 4486 9349 4500 9324 4516 9344 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 090046 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 745 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 MNC053-090115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060509T0115Z/ HENNEPIN MN- 745 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY... AT 744 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED IN MINNETONKA WITH THIS STORM. AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDICINE LAKE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAYZATA...ROBBINSDALE... PLYMOUTH...OSSEO...NEW HOPE...MAPLE GROVE...HOPKINS...GOLDEN VALLEY...CRYSTAL AND BROOKLYN CENTER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4497 9353 4491 9343 4500 9324 4516 9344 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 59 min |
| May 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 39 min |
| May 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 24 min |
| May 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.