Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2006, 2:35 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- Sep 2, 2006, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sw Buffalo Lake, MN | FUNNEL VISIBLE FOR A SHORT WHILE BUT COULD NOT TELL IF IT HAD TOUCHED DOWN DUE TO A GROVE OF TREES OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW. |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 021937 TORMPX MNC129-022030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0018.060902T1935Z-060902T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR FAIRFAX...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HECTOR... FAIRFAX... BUFFALO LAKE... BIRD ISLAND... ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A SMALL TORNADO IS IMMINENT... BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE. ANY TORNADOES THAT MAY FORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATHER WEAK AND SHORT LIVED. LAT...LON 4449 9482 4449 9464 4487 9463 4487 9490 $$ KAT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 021955 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 252 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNC129-022030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060902T2030Z/ RENVILLE MN- 252 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 247 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WEAK TORNADOES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFAX...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF HECTOR...BUFFALO LAKE...AND BIRD ISLAND. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN BUFFALO LAKE AND BIRD ISLAND WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A WEAK TORNADO MAY FORM...BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE. LAT...LON 4449 9482 4449 9464 4487 9463 4487 9490 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022015 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 314 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNC129-022030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060902T2030Z/ RENVILLE MN- 314 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO LAKE. AT 313 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WEAK TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HECTOR AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF HECTOR...BUFFALO LAKE...AND BIRD ISLAND. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN BUFFALO LAKE AND BIRD ISLAND WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A WEAK TORNADO MAY FORM...BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE. LAT...LON 4449 9482 4449 9464 4487 9463 4487 9490 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 022030 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNC129-022038- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060902T2030Z/ RENVILLE MN- 328 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENVILLE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORMS REMAIN OVER EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS THROUGH MID EVENING. THE FUNNELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN. HOWEVER...IF ANY OF THE FUNNELS TOUCH DOWN...REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4449 9482 4449 9464 4487 9463 4487 9490 $$ KAT
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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.