Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2006, 1:26 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Oct 4, 2006, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2006, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 4, 1:45 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Welcome, MN | |
| Oct 4, 1:54 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Oct 4, 2:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fairmont, MN |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 23.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 040626 SVRMPX MNC091-040715- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0263.061004T0626Z-061004T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 126 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 123 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERBURN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERBURN... FAIRMONT... TRIMONT... NORTHRUP... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4379 9483 4362 9485 4359 9426 4384 9428 $$ KAT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040644 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 144 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC091-040715- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-061004T0715Z/ MARTIN MN- 144 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... AT 140 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOXLAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRMONT AND NORTHRUP. LAT...LON 4380 9472 4362 9471 4359 9426 4384 9428 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040655 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 155 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC091-040715- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-061004T0715Z/ MARTIN MN- 155 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... AT 154 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED IN FAIRMONT WITH THIS STORM. AT 153 AM CDT...DOPPER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRMONT AND NORTHRUP. LAT...LON 4378 9456 4360 9456 4359 9426 4384 9428 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040717 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 217 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC091-040727- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-061004T0715Z/ MARTIN MN- 217 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 215 AM CDT... SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. PRIOR TO MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY...THE STORM PRODUCED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IN FAIRMONT. LAT...LON 4378 9456 4360 9456 4359 9426 4384 9428 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 26 min |
| Oct 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 27 min |
| Oct 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 46 min |
| Oct 3, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 56 min |
| Oct 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 min |
| Oct 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 34 min |
| Oct 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 28 min |
| Oct 3, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 58 min |
| Oct 4, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 41 min |
| Oct 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 60 min |
| Oct 4, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 37 min |
| Oct 4, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 62 min |
| Oct 4, 2:29 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 12 more | 15 hr |
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.