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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 1, 2006Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2006, 1:06 AM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 1, 2006, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1051 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 010606
SVRMPX
MNC097-010700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0083.060701T0606Z-060701T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
106 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE
  FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUSHING...
  RANDALL...
  BOWLUS...
  PIERZ...
  BUCKMAN...
  LASTRUP...

REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4632 9464 4578 9463 4583 9433 4584 9379
      4613 9383 4615 9444 4631 9441

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 010622
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
121 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006

MNC097-010700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-060701T0700Z/
MORRISON MN-
121 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR MORRISON COUNTY...

AT 115 AM CDT...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS REPORTED 11 MILES 
EAST OF BROWERVILLE NEAR THE TODD AND MORRISON COUNTY LINE WITH THIS 
STORM.

AT 120 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
MPH AND HAIL TO PENNY SIZE.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CUSHING TO UPSALA...AND MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MORRILL...BOWLES...
SWANVILLE...SOBIESKI...ROYALTON...RANDALL...PIERZ...MOTLEY...LITTLE
FALLS...LASTRUP...HILLMAN...HARDING...GENOLA...FLENSBURG...ELMDALE...
BUCKMAN AND BOWLUS.

LAT...LON 4630 9456 4633 9444 4628 9435 4623 9440
      4615 9437 4615 9381 4583 9377 4582 9434
      4581 9435 4578 9429 4578 9464 4634 9465
      4635 9465

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 010700
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
200 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006

MNC097-010710-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-060701T0700Z/
MORRISON MN-
200 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200
AM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKENED...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS 
REPORTED EAST OF BROWERVILLE...NEAR THE TODD AND MORRISON COUNTY 
LINE. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4630 9456 4633 9444 4628 9435 4623 9440
      4615 9437 4615 9381 4583 9377 4582 9434
      4581 9435 4578 9429 4578 9464 4634 9465
      4635 9465

$$

KAT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas55 min
Jul 1, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd41 min
Jul 1, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin45 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.