Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2006, 7:39 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 020040 TORMPX MNC165-020130- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0007.060802T0039Z-060802T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 739 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 830 PM CDT * AT 737 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR BUTTERFIELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST JAMES... MADELIA... ECHOLS... ODIN... 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 4401 9486 4385 9485 4385 9444 4407 9440 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020044 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 743 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC165-020130- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060802T0130Z/ WATONWAN MN- 743 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WATONWAN COUNTY... AT 740 PM...A TORNADO CREATING DEBRIS WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF ST JAMES. AT 742 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH BRANCH...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST JAMES...MADELIA... BUTTERFIELD AND SOTUH BRANCH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4401 9486 4385 9485 4385 9438 4407 9440 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020052 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 749 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC165-020130- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060802T0130Z/ WATONWAN MN- 749 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WATONWAN COUNTY... AT 748 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF SOUTH BRANCH...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NORTH OF ODIN...AND WAS EXTENDING CLOSE TO THE GROUND. AT 746 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF ST JAMES. THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST JAMES...MADELIA... BUTTERFIELD....ODIN...AND LEWISVILLE. 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 4401 9486 4385 9485 4385 9438 4407 9440 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020125 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 824 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC165-020134- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060802T0130Z/ WATONWAN MN- 824 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WATONWAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. A STRONG STORM REMAINS IN SOUTHEAST WATONWAN COUNTY...NEAR LEWISVILLE AND SOUTH BRANCH. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHED YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4401 9486 4385 9485 4385 9438 4407 9440 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 42 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 |
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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.