Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2006, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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, 2:16 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Blue Earth, MN | |
| Oct 4, 2:30 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 2 S Blue Earth, MN | BLUE EARTH |
| Oct 4, 2:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Bricelyn, MN | BROKEN WINDOWS ON NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE |
| Oct 4, 3:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kiester, MN | ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS |
| Oct 4, 3:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kiester, MN | ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 040701 SVRMPX MNC043-040800- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0265.061004T0700Z-061004T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 157 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNEBAGO...OR ABOUT OVER FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINNEBAGO... BLUE EARTH... KIESTER... FROST... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 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 4378 9424 4352 9423 4351 9365 4378 9369 $$ KAT
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040720 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 220 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC043-040800- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-061004T0800Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 220 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY... AT 219 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINNEBAGO AND BLUE EARTH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4378 9424 4352 9423 4351 9365 4378 9369 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040732 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 231 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC043-040800- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-061004T0800Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 231 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY... AT 230 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE WAS REPORTED IN BLUE EARTH WITH THIS STORM. AT 227 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUE EARTH...FROST...BRUSH CREEK...AND KIESTER. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4374 9409 4352 9416 4351 9365 4378 9369 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040751 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 251 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC043-040800- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-061004T0800Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 251 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY... AT 249 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTERS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KIESTER. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4370 9368 4353 9382 4351 9365 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040758 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 258 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 MNC043-040808- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-061004T0800Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 258 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FARIBAULT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 AM CDT... SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. PRIOR TO MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY...THE STORMS PRODUCED HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS IN BLUE EARTH...AND PRODUCED HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THAT SHATTERED WINDOWS OF HOMES IN BRICELYN. LAT...LON 4370 9368 4353 9382 4351 9365 $$ 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, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 41 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 |
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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.