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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2006Stearns County, Minnesota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville41 min
Jun 24, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod62 min
Jun 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver67 min
Jun 24, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott59 min
Jun 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice54 min
Jun 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.