Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2006, 8:07 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2006, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Blue Earth County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 020108 TORMPX MNC013-020145- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0008.060802T0107Z-060802T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 807 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 803 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 26 MILES WEST OF VERNON CENTER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST JAMES NEAR LEWISVILLE. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAPLETON... AMBOY... WILLOW CREEK... STERLING CENTER... 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 4407 9436 4385 9437 4385 9389 4410 9388 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 020140 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 837 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC013-020147- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060802T0145Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 837 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST BLUE EARTH COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER LOOKED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN SOUTHWEST BLUE EARTH COUNTY....WEST OF AMBOY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH GOOD THUNDER AND VERNON CENTER AREAS THROUGH 9 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4407 9436 4385 9437 4385 9389 4410 9388 $$
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, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 8:31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.