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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2006Blue Earth County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2006, 8:03 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 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 14, 2006, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2006, 8:20 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Blue Earth County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2006-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 141303
SVRMPX
MNC013-141400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0056.060614T1303Z-060614T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
803 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 759 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING   THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON LAKE...
  OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST CLAIR...
  PEMBERTON...

LAT...LON 4425 9398 4416 9398 4384 9391 4385 9378
      4423 9378

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 141320
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

MNC013-141330-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-060614T1400Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
820 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4425 9398 4416 9398 4384 9391 4385 9378
      4423 9378

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville55 min
Jun 14, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville53 min
Jun 14, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens37 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.