Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 7:07 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 9, 2006, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 9, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 S Monticello, MN | HAILED ABOUT 10 MINUTES. GROUND WHITE. SOME LEAVES OFF TREES. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 100008
SVRMPX
MNC171-100045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0023.060510T0007Z-060510T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
707 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST MICHAEL...
ALBERTVILLE...
OTSEGO...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4532 9384 4520 9383 4521 9367 4524 9354
4529 9357
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 100042
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
MNC171-100050-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-060510T0045Z/
WRIGHT MN-
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR WRIGHT COUNTY AS
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4532 9384 4520 9383 4521 9367 4524 9354
4529 9357
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 45 min |
| May 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 37 min |
| May 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 49 min |
| May 9, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 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.