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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 9:08 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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
- May 9, 2006, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:18 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Litchfield, MN | HAIL COVERING HIGHWAY 22. |
| May 9, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 E Dassel, MN | 3/4 INCH HAIL STILL FALLING AS OF 938 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 100208 SVRMPX MNC093-100245- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0025.060510T0208Z-060510T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 904 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DARWIN... DASSEL... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4516 9459 4499 9459 4500 9426 4518 9426 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 100225 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 923 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 MNC093-100245- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060510T0245Z/ MEEKER MN- 923 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR MEEKER COUNTY... AT 918 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD WITH THIS STORM. AT 922 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARWIN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITCHFIELD AND DASSEL. LAT...LON 4516 9459 4499 9459 4500 9426 4518 9426 $$
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, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.