Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 6:37 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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 13, 2006, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 132338
SVRMPX
MNC129-140030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.060713T2337Z-060714T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
637 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 633 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 65 MPH WINDS. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF RENVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER
GRANITE FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RENVILLE...
OLIVIA...
SACRED HEART...
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 4488 9523 4482 9498 4482 9494 4480 9491
4461 9505 4461 9506 4479 9547 4480 9548
4485 9549
$$
JPR1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 140014
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
MNC129-140030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060714T0030Z/
RENVILLE MN-
712 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR RENVILLE COUNTY...
AT 711 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH
WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIVIA AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELPOMENT WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF HECTOR.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RENVILLE...OLIVIA...HECTOR...
FAIRFAX AND BIRD ISLAND.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHEAST
CHIPPEWA COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4488 9524 4488 9496 4488 9458 4452 9473
4461 9506 4471 9532
$$
JPRThe 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, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 63 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 |
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.