Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2006, 7:03 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 6 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
- Aug 1, 2006, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Butterfield, MN | IN PROGRESS AT 719 PM SOUTHWEST OF BUTTERFIELD. TORNADO ROPED OUT AT 722 PM. TORNADO HAD DEBRIS FIELD AS IT DISSIPATED. CHASER NOTED ANOTHER TORNADO APPEARED IMMINENT TO DEVELOP. |
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Butterfield, MN | IN PROGRESS...BETWEEN BUTTERFIELD AND ODIN. |
| Aug 1, 7:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Butterfield, MN | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AT FARM HOUSE. CALLED IN AT 743 PM. UNKNOWN IF IT WAS THE SAME TORNADO AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. NO INJURIES. |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N South Branch, MN | NEW TORNADO ON GROUND WITH DEBRIS NEAR COUNTY ROADS 27 AND 10. APPEARS TO BE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST. |
| Aug 1, 7:47 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Odin, MN | FUNNEL APPEARS LIKE IT WILL SOON REACH THE GROUND. |
| Aug 1, 7:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S St James, MN | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AT FARM HOUSE. UNCERTAIN IF THIS WAS THE SAME TORNADO AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. DAMAGE CALLED IN AT 748 PM. NO INJURIES. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 020004 TORMPX MNC165-020045- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0006.060802T0003Z-060802T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 703 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 657 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES HORMSBY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JAMES. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST JAMES... MADELIA... 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. LAT...LON 4408 9485 4384 9486 4385 9448 4410 9438 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020015 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 712 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC165-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060802T0045Z/ WATONWAN MN- 712 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WATONWAN COUNTY... AT 709 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ECHOLS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST JAMES...MADELIA...GROGAN AND BUTTERFIELD. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF ORMSBY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4408 9485 4384 9486 4385 9448 4408 9440 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020026 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 722 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC165-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060802T0045Z/ WATONWAN MN- 722 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WATONWAN COUNTY... AT 720 PM...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN ODIN AND BUTTERFIELD. AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ECHOLS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF WATONWAN COUNTY WEST OF ODIN ONCE AGAIN. THIS STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST JAMES...MADELIA AND BUTTERFIELD. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4408 9485 4384 9486 4385 9448 4408 9440 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 2 hr |
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.