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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 23, 2006Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2006, 6:04 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 23, 2006, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 6:11 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 Ne Brandon, MN

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 232305
SVRMPX
MNC041-240000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.060523T2304Z-060524T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  HOLMES...
  GARFIELD...
  LEAF VALLEY...
  BRANDON...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4577 9570 4576 9542 4610 9520 4610 9561

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232332
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-240000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-060524T0000Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
632 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 628 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEAF VALLEY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MILLERVILLE.

LAT...LON 4598 9560 4598 9538 4610 9525 4610 9554

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 232356
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-240006-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-060524T0000Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
656 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT 
FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS DURING THE EVENING.

LAT...LON 4598 9560 4598 9538 4610 9525 4610 9554

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle41 min
May 23, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift48 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens64 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.