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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2006Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 7:09 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2006, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 7:33 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 16, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2006-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 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 2006-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 170009
SVRMPX
MNC095-170100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0064.060617T0009Z-060617T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS.   THIS     
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONAMIA...OR ABOUT 13       
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MILACA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAYVIEW...
  WAHKON...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4605 9380 4587 9374 4604 9344 4623 9367

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 170033
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

MNC095-170043-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060617T0100Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
733 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO 
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4605 9380 4587 9374 4604 9344 4623 9367

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet6 hr
Jun 16, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey6 hr
Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXScott5 hr

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.