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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 3:11 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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 29, 2006, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 3:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Clearwater, MN
May 29, 3:55 PM CDTHAIL 110 Se St Cloud, MN
May 29, 3:56 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Santiago, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 292012
SVRMPX
MNC141-171-292100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0036.060529T2011Z-060529T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 308 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM    
  PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASTY...OR  
  ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35  
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BECKER...
  CLEAR LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4535 9409 4541 9406 4543 9404 4547 9410
      4554 9409 4555 9361 4539 9377 4523 9396
      4524 9400 4532 9414

$$

LS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292026
SVSMPX

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

MNC141-171-292100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060529T2100Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
324 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR WRIGHT AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES...

AT 318 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CLEARWATER.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEAR LAKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF ST CLOUD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SILVER 
CREEK...HASTY...ENFIELD...CLEAR LAKE AND BECKER.

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 4535 9409 4541 9406 4543 9404 4547 9410
      4554 9409 4555 9361 4539 9377 4523 9396
      4524 9400 4532 9414

$$

LS
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292051
SVSMPX

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

MNC171-292100-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060529T2100Z/
WRIGHT MN-
350 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4538 9387 4541 9406 4543 9404 4547 9410
      4554 9409 4555 9361 4545 9363 4532 9363

$$

MNC141-292100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060529T2100Z/
SHERBURNE MN-
350 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY...

AT 346 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEAR LAKE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILACA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 318 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER WAS REPORTED IN 
CLEARWATER WITH THIS STORM.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLEAR LAKE.

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 4538 9387 4541 9406 4543 9404 4547 9410
      4554 9409 4555 9361 4545 9363 4532 9363

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.