Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2006, 4:06 PM CDT for Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 24, 2006, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 24, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nne Elko, MN | |
| Jun 24, 4:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Farmington, MN | 18 INCH TREE DOWN AT THE CWSU. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 242109
SVRMPX
MNC037-131-242200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0077.060624T2106Z-060624T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 404 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKEVILLE...OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHFIELD...
CASTLE ROCK...
LONSDALE...
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LYDIA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...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 4454 9353 4448 9354 4440 9337 4434 9305
4452 9304 4452 9292 4462 9293 4468 9304
4471 9332 4463 9332 4463 9329 4461 9328
4454 9329
$$
MTF4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 242124
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
423 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
MNC037-131-242200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060624T2200Z/
DAKOTA MN-RICE MN-
423 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR RICE AND DAKOTA COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 65
MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEBSTER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
SOUTH OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RANDOLPH...CASTLE
ROCK...FARMINGTON...NORTHFIELD...NEW TRIER...HAMPTON...AND DUNDAS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4454 9329 4454 9337 4443 9333 4433 9304
4452 9304 4452 9292 4463 9294 4471 9332
4463 9332 4463 9329 4461 9328
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 242141
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
439 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
MNC131-242149-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060624T2200Z/
RICE MN-
439 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE REMAINED NORTH OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4454 9329 4450 9305 4451 9303 4452 9292
4465 9293 4470 9327 4463 9332 4463 9328
$$
MNC037-242200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060624T2200Z/
DAKOTA MN-
439 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR DAKOTA COUNTY...
AT 435 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH
WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTLE ROCK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
SOUTH OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RANDOLPH...NEW
TRIER...HAMPTON AND FARMINGTON.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4454 9329 4450 9305 4451 9303 4452 9292
4465 9293 4470 9327 4463 9332 4463 9328
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 242150
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
449 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
MNC037-242200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060624T2200Z/
DAKOTA MN-
449 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY...
AT 446 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOLPH...OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASTLE ROCK...NEW TRIER...
LAKEVILLE...HAMPTON AND FARMINGTON.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4451 9328 4452 9292 4465 9293 4470 9327
4463 9328
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 242203
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
MNC037-242209-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060624T2200Z/
DAKOTA MN-
459 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DAKOTA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500
PM CDT...
STORMS HAVE WEAKENED NEAR HAMPTON AND RANDOLPH...AND THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM.
HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.
LAT...LON 4451 9328 4452 9292 4465 9293 4470 9327
4463 9328
$$
MTFThe 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, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 28 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.