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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 23, 2006Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2006, 4:19 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
May 23, 2006, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Boyd, MNMAIL TRUCK BLOWN OVER.
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Boyd, MNTREES WERE DOWNED.
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Boyd, MN
May 23, 4:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Boyd, MNMINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A SHED. THIN METAL BORDER ON SIDE OF ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE. MEASURED WIND GUST OF 55 MPH.
May 23, 4:32 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 Nw Boyd, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-431 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 232120
SVRMPX
MNC073-232200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0029.060523T2119Z-060523T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
419 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYD...
  DAWSON...
  CERRO GORDO...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4481 9622 4481 9590 4497 9584 4513 9607

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232135
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
433 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

MNC073-232200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060523T2200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
433 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...

AT 420 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BOYD. THERE WERE 
ALSO A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN.

AT 429 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAWSON...OR ABOUT 12 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PROVIDENCE...CERRO GORDO AND
BOYD.

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 4481 9622 4481 9590 4497 9584 4513 9607

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232158
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

MNC073-232208-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060523T2200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4481 9622 4481 9590 4497 9584 4513 9607

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift48 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens64 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas56 min

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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.