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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 3:17 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2006, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 4:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hader3, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 29, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 292017
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-292115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0037.060529T2017Z-060529T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 313 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHFIELD TO
  15 MILES SOUTH OF NORTHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANNON FALLS...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4421 9319 4446 9320 4446 9304 4451 9303
      4450 9298 4451 9293 4454 9292 4455 9268
      4429 9272

$$

LS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292047
SVSMPX

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

MNC131-292056-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-060529T2115Z/
RICE MN-
346 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

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

LAT...LON 4422 9303 4445 9304 4446 9304 4451 9303
      4450 9298 4451 9293 4454 9292 4455 9268
      4429 9272

$$

MNC049-292115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-060529T2115Z/
GOODHUE MN-
346 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CANNON FALLS 
TO BOMBAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASTEDO...STANTON...
WANAMINGO...KENYON AND DENNISON.

LAT...LON 4422 9303 4445 9304 4446 9304 4451 9303
      4450 9298 4451 9293 4454 9292 4455 9268
      4429 9272

$$

LS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	36 min
May 29, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	49 min
May 29, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	55 min
May 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne	34 min
May 29, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	66 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	42 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	52 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.