Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 565
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 30, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2006, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 25 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 41 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 25 more | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 26 more | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 12:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone and 52 more | 91 min |
| Jul 1, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kanabec and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing and 13 more | 85 min |
| Jul 1, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence and 3 more | 91 min |
| Jul 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Custer, Fall River | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.