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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2006Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 13, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2006, 4:28 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 13, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 12 N Porter, MNGROUND WAS NEARLY COVERED WITH HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-06-13Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 132049
SVRMPX
MNC073-173-132145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0052.060613T2047Z-060613T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANBY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MADISON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURR...
  CANBY...
  PROVIDENCE...
  ST LEO...
  CLARKFIELD...
  SPRING CREEK...
  HAZEL RUN...
  PORTER...

HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TUNERVILLE SOUTH DAKOTA 
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4496 9645 4464 9645 4463 9561 4477 9565

$$

MTF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132109
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

MNC073-132118-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060613T2145Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY 
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY.  REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4481 9620 4463 9645 4463 9561 4477 9597

$$

MNC173-132145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060613T2145Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...

AT 406 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH 
WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANBY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH 
OF MADISON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CANBY...SPRING CREEK...BURR...ST 
LEO AND PORTER.

LAT...LON 4481 9620 4463 9645 4463 9561 4477 9597

$$

MTF
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132128
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

MNC173-132138-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060613T2145Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
428 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT ANY SEVERE 
WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4481 9620 4463 9645 4463 9561 4477 9597

$$

MTF

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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.