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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2006McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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
Jul 13, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHutchinson, MNLIGHT POLE DOWN, ONE 10 FOOT TREE FELLED, SEVERAL 4-5 INCH BRANCHES SHEARED AWAY. REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CITY.
Jul 13, 7:47 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 59Hutchinson, MNLARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jul 13, 7:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSilver Lake, MNFEW TREES DOWN.
Jul 13, 8:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGlencoe, MNFEW TREES 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2006-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1252 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 140043
SVRMPX
MNC085-140145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0093.060714T0043Z-060714T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
  MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROWNTON...
  WINSTED...
  GLENCOE...
  LESTER PRAIRIE...

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 4495 9442 4466 9445 4473 9402 4498 9404

$$
JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140102
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-140145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-060714T0145Z/
MCLEOD MN-
801 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR MCLEOD COUNTY...

AT 747 PM...A 59 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN HUITCHINSON.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

AT 758 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SILVER
LAKE TO LESTER PRAIRIE TO SUMTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINSTED...LESTER PRAIRIE...
HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE AND BROWNTON.

LAT...LON 4495 9442 4466 9445 4473 9402 4498 9404

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Wright52 min
Jul 13, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Scott54 min
Jul 13, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti24 min
Jul 14, 1:51 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 17 more62 hr

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.