Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 777
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 16, 2006, 5:29 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 32 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Koochiching 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, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks 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), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grant | 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 4 more | 58 min |
| Sep 16, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Rock, Traverse | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln and 12 more | 96 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 18 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2006Tornado Watches in North Dakota, 2006Every tornado 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.