Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 604
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 16, 2006, 1:15 AM CDT for 37 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2006, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 52 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cook County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lake County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Iron County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 20 min |
| Jul 16, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 12:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Chippewa, Chisago and 16 more | 86 min |
| Jul 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 1 more | 86 min |
| Jul 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching and 7 more | 113 min |
| Jul 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 44 more | 92 min |
| Jul 16, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Oconto and 2 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 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.