Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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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 23, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Boyd, MN | MAIL TRUCK BLOWN OVER. |
| May 23, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Boyd, MN | TREES WERE DOWNED. |
| May 23, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Boyd, MN | |
| May 23, 4:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Boyd, MN | MINOR 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 CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 48 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 64 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 56 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.