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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2006Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 8:21 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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, 8:23 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMound, MNTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT BARTLETT BLVD AND WEST EDGE.
Jul 13, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGShakopee, MNTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD AT HIGHWAY 101 AND LOUIS BRIDGE.

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 140123
SVRMPX
MNC053-139-140215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0095.060714T0121Z-060714T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 819 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 NEAR 
  BUFFALO...TO 12 MILES WEST OF EXCELSIOR TO 17 MILES WEST OF        
  SHAKOPEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EXCELSIOR...
  MINNETONKA...
  SHAKOPEE...
  EDEN PRAIRIE...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  PLYMOUTH...
  EDINA...
  MAPLE GROVE...
  SAVAGE...
  ST LOUIS PARK...
  GOLDEN VALLEY...
  CHAMPLIN...
  BROOKLYN PARK...
  BLOOMINGTON...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM COULD OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR 
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. 
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4514 9370 4493 9371 4488 9346 4462 9374
      4464 9336 4488 9329 4517 9338

$$

JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140200
SVSMPX

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

MNC053-139-140215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-060714T0215Z/
HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-
856 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SCOTT AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 840 PM...A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN INDEPENDENCE...AND 
MOUND...IN HENNEPIN COUNTY...AND SHAKOPEE IN SCOTT COUNTY. 

AT 853 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 OSSEO TO
EDINA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JORDAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE LINE OF STORMS AND GUST FRONT HAS BEEN WEAKENING SINCE 845 PM. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST LOUIS 
PARK...SHAKOPEE...SAVAGE...PRIOR LAKE...PLYMOUTH...MAPLE 
GROVE...HOPKINS...GOLDEN VALLEY...EDINA...EDEN 
PRAIRIE...CHAMPLIN...BROOKLYN PARK AND BLOOMINGTON.

LAT...LON 4514 9370 4493 9371 4488 9346 4462 9374
      4464 9336 4488 9329 4517 9338

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140214
SVSMPX

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

MNC053-139-140221-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-060714T0215Z/
HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-
911 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT...

STORMS HAVE WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AND WINDS ALONG THE 
INITIAL GUST FRONT HAVE ALSO WEAKENED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE BUT ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS 
TIME. 

LAT...LON 4514 9370 4493 9371 4488 9346 4462 9374
      4464 9336 4488 9329 4517 9338

$$
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, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Wright52 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.