Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2006, 5:19 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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 23, 2006, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Sse St Leo, MN | REPORTS OF CROP DAMAGE EXTENDING FROM ST LEO TO THE LYON COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 23, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Sse St Leo, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 232219 SVRMPX MNC173-232315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0066.060623T2219Z-060623T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 519 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 511 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LEO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRING CREEK... HANLEY FALLS... WOOD LAKE... ECHO... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4483 9606 4468 9623 4462 9597 4460 9535 $$ JVM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 232235 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 534 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 MNC173-232315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-060623T2315Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 534 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY... AT 528 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST LEO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SPRING CREEK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4483 9606 4468 9623 4462 9597 4464 9559 $$ LS
000 WWUS53 KMPX 232311 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 609 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 MNC173-232319- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-060623T2315Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 609 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... AT 609 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM HAD MOVED COMPLETLY SOUTHEAST OVER LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THUS...THE WARNING WILL ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4483 9606 4468 9623 4462 9597 4464 9559 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.