Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2006, 12:52 AM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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 16, 2006, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:25 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Little Falls, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 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 160552 SVRMPX MNC097-160645- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0097.060716T0552Z-060716T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1252 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1250 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDALL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITTLE FALLS... PIERZ... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4626 9462 4597 9463 4593 9378 4614 9383 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 160617 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 118 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 MNC097-160645- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-060716T0645Z/ MORRISON MN- 118 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR MORRISON COUNTY... AT 115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LASTRUP...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PIERZ. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4619 9440 4596 9431 4594 9381 4614 9383 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 160638 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 138 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 MNC097-160648- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-060716T0645Z/ MORRISON MN- 138 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 AM CDT... SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. LAT...LON 4619 9440 4596 9431 4594 9381 4614 9383 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 53 min |
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.