Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 240045 SVRMPX MNC149-151-240145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0033.060524T0044Z-060524T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 744 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORRIS... ALBERTA... DONNELLY... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4534 9611 4534 9595 4575 9577 4575 9611 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 240100 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 MNC149-151-240145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060524T0145Z/ STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN- 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SWIFT AND STEVENS COUNTIES... AT 754 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBERTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLETON AND 5 MILES WEST OF DONNELLY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRIS AND DONNELLY. LAT...LON 4534 9611 4534 9595 4575 9577 4575 9620 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 240126 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 825 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 MNC149-151-240145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060524T0145Z/ STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN- 825 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR SWIFT AND STEVENS COUNTIES... AT 823 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALBERTA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRIS AND DONNELLY. LAT...LON 4534 9611 4534 9595 4575 9577 4575 9620 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 41 min |
| May 23, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Stevens | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.