Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 5:23 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 16, 2006, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hopkins, MN | TREES UP TO 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN LAKE OF THE ISLES AREA. ONE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AND ANOTHER ON A HOUSE. ROADS BLOCKED BY TREES. |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minneapolis, MN | 4 TO 20 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 169 AND EXCELSIOR BLVD. SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AND NEWSPAPER BOXES AND CONSTRUCTION SIGNS BLOWN OVER IN UPTOWN NEAR 26TH AND HENNEPIN. TREE BRANCHES UP TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN IN THE LAKE CALHOUN AND |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Minneapolis, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 162223 SVRMPX MNC053-162315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.060616T2223Z-060616T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 523 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST LOUIS PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BROOKLYN PARK... NEW HOPE... PLYMOUTH... ROBBINSDALE... MAPLE GROVE... GOLDEN VALLEY... 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. TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWNED IN HOPKINS. LAT...LON 4491 9357 4483 9334 4502 9323 4518 9347 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 162312 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 611 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC053-162321- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-060616T2315Z/ HENNEPIN MN- 611 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE STORM MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4491 9357 4483 9334 4502 9323 4518 9347 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.