Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2006, 1:11 AM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2006, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2006, 1:54 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 160612 SVRMPX MNC041-160715- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.060716T0611Z-060716T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 111 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 107 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OSAKIS... CARLOS... KENSINGTON... STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4596 9576 4576 9574 4576 9515 4604 9516 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 160654 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 154 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 MNC041-160704- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-060716T0715Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 154 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OVER THE COUNTY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4596 9576 4576 9574 4576 9515 4604 9516 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.