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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Dakota County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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 29, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dakota County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
2214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 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 292009
SVRMPX
MNC037-292045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0035.060529T2009Z-060529T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
309 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK...OR      
  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANDOLPH...
  FARMINGTON...
  HAMPTON...
  NEW TRIER...
  ROSEMOUNT...
  VERMILLION...
  HASTINGS...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4450 9332 4482 9309 4477 9294 4472 9275
      4452 9303 4449 9306 4446 9314

$$

LS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292042
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

MNC037-292052-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060529T2045Z/
DAKOTA MN-
342 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DAKOTA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4450 9332 4482 9309 4477 9294 4472 9275
      4452 9303 4449 9306 4446 9314

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright49 min
May 29, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice58 min
May 29, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison55 min
May 29, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne34 min
May 29, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue66 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue42 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington52 min

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.