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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.