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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2006Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
May 9, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
45 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 100200
SVRMPX
MNC171-100245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0024.060510T0200Z-060510T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
900 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 945 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES   
  NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO...
  SOUTH HAVEN...
  ANNANDALE...
  MAPLE LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4532 9414 4527 9427 4508 9397 4526 9376

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 100235
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
933 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

MNC171-100245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060510T0245Z/
WRIGHT MN-
933 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...

AT 930 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR MAPLE LAKE AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST ENTERING WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY...TO THE WEST 
OF COKATO. THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF 
LITCHFIELD AT 918 PM. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SMITH LAKE...SILVER CREEK...
RASSAT...ENFIELD...COKATO AND ANNANDALE.

SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4536 9395 4527 9427 4502 9422 4526 9372

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright38 min
May 9, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker37 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec49 min
May 9, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright32 min
May 9, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.