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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2006Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 10:39 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2006, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2006, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 060339
SVRMPX
MNC127-060430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0050.060606T0339Z-060606T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1037 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WALNUT GROVE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MARSHALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REVERE...
  WANDA...
  LAMBERTON...
  WALNUT GROVE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4439 9557 4420 9560 4421 9514 4430 9510
      4432 9495

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060409
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1109 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

MNC127-060430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060606T0430Z/
REDWOOD MN-
1109 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 1107 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR REVERE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WANDA...WALNUT GROVE AND
LAMBERTON.

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 4439 9557 4420 9560 4421 9514 4430 9510
      4432 9495

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 060428
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1127 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

MNC127-060437-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060606T0430Z/
REDWOOD MN-
1127 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4439 9557 4420 9560 4421 9514 4430 9510
      4432 9495

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti65 min
Jun 6, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.