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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 41 min |
| 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 |
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.