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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2006, 2:06 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2006, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2006, 2:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 241907 SVRMPX MNC145-242000- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.060624T1906Z-060624T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 205 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW MUNICH... FREEPORT... ST MARTIN... FARMING... AVON... RICHMOND... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4569 9483 4557 9492 4537 9451 4566 9438 $$ MTF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 241934 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 233 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 MNC145-241943- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060624T2000Z/ STEARNS MN- 233 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4569 9483 4557 9492 4537 9451 4566 9438 $$ MTF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.