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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 3, 2006Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 3, 4:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Onamia, MNHAIL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 3, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison46 min
Oct 3, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.