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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2006Renville County, Minnesota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 819 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 2006-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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 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

$$
JPR
1 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

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 3:53 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMPXHennepin, Ramsey34 hr
Jul 13, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle66 min
Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift54 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine65 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle63 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift3 hr
Jul 13, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine67 min
Jul 13, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa50 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.