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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2006Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 7:10 PM CDT for Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 5, 2006, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Isanti, MNTREE ACROSS ROAD.
Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 W Isanti, MN
Jun 5, 7:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 N St Francis, MNMANY 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 060010
SVRMPX
MNC025-059-060115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0049.060606T0010Z-060606T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMBRIDGE...

LAT...LON 4559 9351 4542 9350 4542 9277 4559 9288

$$

RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060051
SVSMPX

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

MNC025-059-060115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060606T0115Z/
ISANTI MN-CHISAGO MN-
749 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CHISAGO AND ISANTI COUNTIES...

AT 747 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BODUM...EAST OF CAMBRIDGE...AND 
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

A5 735 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 3 MILES NORTH 
OF ST. FRANCIS IN SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATHENS...ST FRANCIS...NORTH
BRANCH...ISANTI...CAMBRIDGE AND BRANCH.

LAT...LON 4559 9351 4542 9350 4542 9277 4559 9288

$$
RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060109
SVSMPX

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

MNC025-059-060127-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060606T0115Z/
ISANTI MN-CHISAGO MN-
807 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHISAGO AND ISANTI COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...MORE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST...AND MAY MOVE INTO THE 
AREA BETWEEN 815 PM AND 900 PM.

LAT...LON 4559 9351 4542 9350 4542 9277 4559 9288

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood51 min
Jun 6, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.