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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2006, 4:20 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 6, 2006, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carver County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Norwood/Young America, MN | INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND 33. |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 062120 SVRMPX MNC019-062200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.060406T2120Z-060406T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 420 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 415 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXCELSIOR... AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA... NEW GERMANY... MAYER... WATERTOWN... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A GOLFBALL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HAMBURG WITH THIS STORM. 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 4473 9401 4472 9383 4497 9378 4497 9401 $$ RAH/LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 113 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.