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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 16, 2006Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2006, 9:32 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
Sep 16, 2006, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2006, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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
Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2006-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1108 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 170233
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-170330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0239.060917T0232Z-060917T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
932 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 928 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS.   THIS      
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING     
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WINNEBAGO...
  MINNESOTA LAKE...
  MAPLETON...
  GOOD THUNDER...

TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN FAIRMONT WITH THIS STORM.

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4384 9424 4363 9423 4358 9396 4385 9380
      4399 9378 4404 9410

$$

MTF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 170254
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
952 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

MNC013-043-170330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-060917T0330Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-FARIBAULT MN-
952 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR FARIBAULT AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES...

AT 945 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE AND A QUARTER INCH HAIL AND 
65 MPH WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINNEBAGO...OR ABOUT 11 
MILES NORTH OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN FAIRMONT.  SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4384 9424 4363 9423 4372 9399 4385 9380
      4401 9377 4404 9410

$$

MTF
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 170328
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1025 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

MNC013-043-170335-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-060917T0330Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-FARIBAULT MN-
1025 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT AND BLUE EARTH
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1030 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED COUNTIES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS AND EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4384 9424 4363 9423 4372 9399 4385 9380
      4401 9377 4404 9410

$$

MTF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi47 min
Sep 16, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine24 min
Sep 16, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville43 min
Sep 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker52 min
Sep 16, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod57 min
Sep 16, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Wright42 min
Sep 16, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin63 min
Sep 16, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright47 min
Sep 16, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca46 min
Sep 16, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka26 min
Sep 16, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Washington61 min
Sep 16, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin34 min
Sep 16, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago32 min
Sep 16, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca52 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.