Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 4, 2006Martin County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 4, 1:45 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Welcome, MN
Oct 4, 1:54 AM CDTHAIL 1Fairmont, MN
Oct 4, 2:00 AM CDTHAIL 1.75Fairmont, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 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 2006-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin26 min
Oct 3, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur27 min
Oct 3, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott46 min
Oct 3, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright56 min
Oct 3, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota50 min
Oct 3, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott34 min
Oct 3, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington28 min
Oct 3, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota46 min
Oct 4, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice58 min
Oct 4, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan41 min
Oct 4, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault60 min
Oct 4, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca37 min
Oct 4, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn62 min
Oct 4, 2:29 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 12 more15 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.