Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2006, 12:54 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 8, 2006, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2006, 1:42 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:05 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Willmar, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 080555 SVRMPX MNC067-080700- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0232.060908T0554Z-060908T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1254 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1251 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILLMAR... BLOMKEST... RAYMOND... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4515 9525 4492 9525 4491 9476 4515 9478 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 080615 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 113 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006 MNC067-080700- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-060908T0700Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 113 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY... AT 105 AM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WILLMAR WITH THIS STORM. AT 108 AM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SVEA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SVEA AND LAKE LILLIAN. LAT...LON 4515 9525 4492 9525 4491 9476 4515 9478 $$ JPR
000 WWUS53 KMPX 080642 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 142 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006 MNC067-080652- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-060908T0700Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 142 AM CDT FRI SEP 8 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4515 9525 4492 9525 4491 9476 4515 9478 $$ JPR
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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.