Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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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, 7:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hutchinson, MN | LIGHT 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 CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Hutchinson, MN | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jul 13, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Silver Lake, MN | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 13, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glencoe, MN | FEW 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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 1:51 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 17 more | 62 hr |
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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.