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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2006Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 5:12 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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: Jul 13, 2006, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 13, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Milan, MN	4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN.

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
Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -19 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 132214
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-132315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0089.060713T2212Z-060713T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 508 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 
  MPH WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM   
  MADISON TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO...AND MOVING EAST AT   
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTEVIDEO...
  CLARA CITY...
  MADISON...
  DAWSON...
 
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4514 9629 4495 9624 4490 9570 4492 9525
      4513 9555

$$

JPR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132244
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
541 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

MNC023-073-132315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-060713T2315Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
541 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR CHIPPEWA  AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 530 PM...4 INCH TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN MILAN WITH THIS 
STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH 
WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATSON...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF 
MONTEVIDEO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 
LOCATED NEAR DAWSON AND JUST WEST OF MONTEVIDEO. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO...MADISON...DAWSON
AND CLARA CITY.


LAT...LON 4514 9629 4485 9623 4490 9570 4492 9525
      4513 9555

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:53 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	34 hr
Jul 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	66 min
Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	54 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	65 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	67 min
Jul 13, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	50 min
Jul 13, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	53 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.