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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 4:09 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Goodhue 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 292111
SVRMPX
MNC049-292215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0040.060529T2109Z-060529T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
409 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...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 407 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 RED WING TO  
  WANAMINGO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RED WING...GOODHUE...AND ZUMBROTA.


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 4450 9289 4463 9273 4470 9273 4461 9261
      4456 9249 4453 9232 4447 9227 4447 9241
      4440 9249 4436 9255 4421 9256 4423 9290

$$

LS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 292136
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-292215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060529T2215Z/
GOODHUE MN-
434 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 425 PM CDT...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN 
HADER WITH THIS STORM.

AT 433 PM CDT...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED WING TO ZUMBROTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 
15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WELCH...WASTEDO...FRONTENAC...
WANAMINGO AND GOODHUE.

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 4450 9289 4463 9273 4470 9273 4461 9261
      4456 9249 4453 9232 4447 9227 4447 9241
      4440 9249 4436 9255 4421 9256 4423 9290

$$

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, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne	34 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

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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.