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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Sherburne County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 3:53 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2006, 4:27 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sherburne County, MN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 3:56 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 S Santiago, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 292055
SVRMPX
MNC141-292145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0039.060529T2053Z-060529T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 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...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 351 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELK RIVER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELK RIVER...

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 4552 9389 4555 9376 4556 9374 4556 9352
      4544 9353 4530 9355 4537 9383

$$

LS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292127
SVSMPX

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

MNC141-292138-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060529T2145Z/
SHERBURNE MN-
428 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

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

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4552 9389 4555 9376 4556 9374 4556 9352
      4544 9353 4530 9355 4537 9383

$$

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, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	58 min
May 29, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	55 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006 Every 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.