Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2006, 3:54 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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
- Oct 3, 2006, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 4:07 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Onamia, MN | HAIL COVERING GROUND THREE INCHES DEEP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 032054 SVRMPX MNC095-032200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0248.061003T2054Z-061003T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 349 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF ONAMIA...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ONAMIA... VINELAND... ISLE... MILLE LACS LAKE... DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED IN LASTRUP WITH THIS STORM. STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4623 9380 4591 9376 4599 9345 4623 9343 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 032124 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 423 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 MNC095-032200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-061003T2200Z/ MILLE LACS MN- 423 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAHKON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORA...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAHKON...ISLE AND OPSTEAD. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN MORRISON COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4623 9380 4591 9376 4599 9345 4623 9343 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 032154 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 453 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 MNC095-032203- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0248.000000T0000Z-061003T2200Z/ MILLE LACS MN- 453 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT... AT 405 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN ONAMIA WITH THE STORM. THIS STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF MILLE LACS COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. LAT...LON 4623 9380 4591 9376 4599 9345 4623 9343 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Oct 3, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 53 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.