Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2006, 8:25 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 250125 TORMPX MNC161-250230- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0016.060825T0125Z-060825T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 825 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 823 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WALDORF...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASECA. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OTISCO... NEW RICHLAND... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4401 9376 4385 9376 4385 9343 4401 9340 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 250135 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 834 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC161-250230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060825T0230Z/ WASECA MN- 834 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR WASECA COUNTY... AT 834 PM...NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE WALDORF AND NEW RICHLAND AREA. AT 831 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTISCO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF WASECA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4400 9368 4385 9376 4385 9343 4398 9342 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 250208 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 909 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC161-250219- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060825T0230Z/ WASECA MN- 909 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASECA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4400 9368 4385 9376 4385 9343 4398 9342
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 39 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.