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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2006Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT for Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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, 8:07 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHoward Lake, MNTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 13, 8:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Delano, MNTREES 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 140054
SVRMPX
MNC019-171-140145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.060714T0053Z-060714T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 749 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 21
  MILES WEST OF DELANO TO 16 MILES WEST OF NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
  WACONIA...
  DELANO...
  BUFFALO...
  WATERTOWN...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY 
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4509 9423 4499 9423 4497 9402 4473 9399
      4470 9375 4508 9377

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140118
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-171-140145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-060714T0145Z/
WRIGHT MN-CARVER MN-
816 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CARVER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RASSAT TO
MONTROSE TO NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 750 PM...A FEW TREES WERE DOWN IN SILVER LAKE AND GLENCOE.  

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WACONIA...NORWOOD/YOUNG
AMERICA AND DELANO.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4517 9423 4499 9423 4497 9402 4474 9399
      4470 9375 4517 9379

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140142
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-171-140148-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-060714T0145Z/
WRIGHT MN-CARVER MN-
838 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARVER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT...

AT 833 PM...A LARGE TREE WAS DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION ON HIGHWAY 41 
AND PIONEER TRAIL. 

A FIRST ROUND OF WIND WAS ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF CARVER AND WRIGHT 
COUNTIES...BUT STRONG WINDS MAY CONTINUE FOR A SHORT TIME. 
REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4517 9423 4499 9423 4497 9402 4474 9399
      4470 9375 4517 9379

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod62 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.