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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 2006Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 16 Sse St Leo, MNREPORTS OF CROP DAMAGE EXTENDING FROM ST LEO TO THE LYON COUNTY LINE.
Jun 23, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 16 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle27 min
Jun 23, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood35 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.