Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 5:18 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 16, 2006, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Benson, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 162219
TORMPX
MNC023-151-162300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0019.060916T2218Z-060916T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
518 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 517 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BENSON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF MONTEVIDEO...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENSON...
BIG BEND CITY...
DE GRAFF...
HAGEN...
MURDOCK...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4509 9591 4505 9573 4508 9561 4515 9538
4541 9526 4541 9565
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 162236
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
534 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
MNC023-162244-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
534 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
THE TORNADIC STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. MORE STORMS
WERE OCCURRING AND DEVELOPING WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CHIPPEWA
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4517 9581 4515 9569 4516 9554 4541 9526
4541 9573
$$
MNC151-162300-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
SWIFT MN-
534 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SWIFT
COUNTY...
AT 530 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVERS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BENSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BENSON...
SWIFT FALLS...
CLONTARF...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4517 9581 4515 9569 4516 9554 4541 9526
4541 9573
$$
MTF000
WWUS53 KMPX 162248
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
546 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
MNC151-162300-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
SWIFT MN-
546 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SWIFT
COUNTY...
AT 542 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM IS WEAKENING AND WILL LIKELY
DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE POPE COUNTY LINE. HOWEVER...THE THREAT
OF A TORNADO STILL EXISTS FOR NORTHERN SWIFT COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BENSON AND SWIFT FALLS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
THIS STORM PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN BENSON AT 535 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4541 9569 4530 9572 4527 9566 4526 9559
4530 9552 4533 9540 4541 9526
$$
MTF000
WWUS53 KMPX 162259
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
558 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
MNC151-162308-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
SWIFT MN-
558 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SWIFT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SWIFT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.
THE STORM HAD MOVED NORTHEAST AND WEAKENED. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED
LARGE HAIL IN THE CITY OF BENSON EARLIER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4541 9569 4530 9572 4527 9566 4526 9559
4530 9552 4533 9540 4541 9526
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.