Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 686
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 5, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 32 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk, Red Lake | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Marshall | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen, Norman | 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom and 1 more | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North 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.