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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 2006Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2006, 7:36 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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: Jul 27, 2006, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Se Dawson, MN	LARGE TREES DOWN.
Jul 27, 7:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Se Dawson, MN

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 280038
TORMPX
MNC073-173-280115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0004.060728T0036Z-060728T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
736 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF  
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROVIDENCE...OR ABOUT     
  13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC 
  STORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DAWSON        
  ALSO REPORTED THIS STORM BRIEFLY PRODUCED A TORNADO.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROVIDENCE...
  CLARKFIELD...
  ST. LEO...

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.

LAT...LON 4489 9592 4489 9617 4474 9615 4463 9605
      4463 9566 4480 9580

$$

MTF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280048
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
746 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNC073-173-280115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060728T0115Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
746 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR YELLOW 
MEDICINE AND SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...

AT 745 PM CDT...A WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EAST OF BOYD.

AT 746 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.   THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLARKFIELD...ST LEO...AND 
SPRING CREEK.

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.

LAT...LON 4489 9592 4489 9617 4474 9615 4463 9605
      4463 9566 4480 9580

$$

MTF

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280100
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
757 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNC073-173-280115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060728T0115Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
757 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR YELLOW 
MEDICINE AND SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...

AT 753 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...OR ABOUT 17 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM 
IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. AT 755 PM 
CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAWSON.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLARKFIELD...ST LEO...AND 
SPRING CREEK.

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.

LAT...LON 4489 9592 4489 9617 4474 9615 4463 9605
      4463 9566 4480 9580

$$

MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	53 min
Jul 27, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	57 min
Jul 27, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	61 min
Jul 27, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	10 min
Jul 28, 2:51 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	4 days

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.