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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2006Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 4:24 PM CDT for Douglas County, Todd 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
Jun 5, 2006, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 Nw Clotho, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2006-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 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 052124
SVRMPX
MNC041-153-052230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0046.060605T2124Z-060605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
424 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR MILLERVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILTONA...
  BELLE RIVER...
  ROSE CITY...
  CLOTHO...
  EAGLE BEND...
  CLARISSA...
  BROWERVILLE...

LAT...LON 4617 9558 4599 9555 4597 9466 4620 9466

$$

RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052202
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
459 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

MNC041-153-052230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-060605T2230Z/
TODD MN-DOUGLAS MN-
459 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARISSA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING IN TODD COUNTY INCLUDE 
BROWERVILLE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF GRANT COUNTY WILL BE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN 
DOUGLAS COUNTY BY 530 PM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE EVANSVILLE AND HOLMES 
CITY.

 
LAT...LON 4609 9575 4580 9572 4597 9466 4633 9475
      4610 9515

$$

RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052225
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
524 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

MNC041-153-052244-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-060605T2230Z/
TODD MN-DOUGLAS MN-
524 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF TODD COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND WILL BE MOVING 
INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM.
REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4609 9575 4580 9572 4597 9466 4633 9475
      4610 9515

$$
RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison36 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.