Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 10:16 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 10:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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, 10:43 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Minnetonka, MN | REPORTED AT FIRE DEPT NEAR INTERSTATE 394 AND CARLSON PARKWAY. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 100317 SVRMPX MNC053-100400- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0028.060510T0316Z-060510T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1016 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1013 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EXCELSIOR... MINNETONKA... PLYMOUTH... THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA... ST LOUIS PARK... MINNEAPOLIS... HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN DELANO AT 1014 PM CDT WITH THIS STORM. STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4511 9372 4498 9377 4485 9329 4503 9324 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 100338 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1038 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 MNC053-100400- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T0400Z/ HENNEPIN MN- 1038 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY... AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEDINA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MEDICINE LAKE...HAMEL... PLYMOUTH...NEW HOPE AND LONG LAKE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4510 9362 4499 9362 4495 9343 4506 9336 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 100351 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1051 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 MNC053-100401- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060510T0400Z/ HENNEPIN MN- 1051 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4510 9362 4499 9362 4495 9343 4506 9336 $$
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, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 37 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 |
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.