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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2006Meeker County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 9:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 S Litchfield, MNHAIL COVERING HIGHWAY 22.
May 9, 9:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 E Dassel, MN3/4 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.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright38 min
May 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright45 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

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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.