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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 16, 2006Douglas County, Minnesota

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 402 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 2006-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison53 min
Jul 16, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd53 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.