4 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 2, 8:00 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 900 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 .UPDATE... CANCELED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. WILL BE UPDATING THE HWO SOON TO MENTION A SMALL THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 441 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006/ DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE OUR FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MN THIS MORNING AS LATEST GFS/NAM AND NGM MODEL RUNS CONTINUES TO DISPLAY A DIFFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN IN ADVANCE OF A DIGGING 50H TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERTICALLY STACKED BY THE TIME IT REACHES NORTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS EVENING. WHILE MODEL QPF SHOW THE PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY WINDING DOWN RAPIDLY AFTER 12Z THIS MORNING...THE FACT THAT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT DRIER AIR PUSHING TO THE EAST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW HAS PUSHED BACK TOWARDS NORTH DAKOTA AND HAS DRASTICALLY SLOWED ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS...SUGGESTS A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN THIS MORNING WITH A WARM EFFICIENT RAIN PROCESS EXPECTED. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MOST OF THE QPF EXPECTED OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA...AND FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. LONGER TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXTENDED FORECAST DEPICTS FEW CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE. AS THE CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BEGIN TO DOMINATE THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. AFTER TRENDING BELOW NORMAL INITIALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY WEEKS END...UNDER INFLUENCE OF SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. THE EXTENDED PERIOD REMAINS FREE OF PRECIPITATION DUE TO THE DRY NORTHERLY FLOW...AND THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION MAY NOT COME UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND. MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH PLACEMENT OF KEY FEATURES TONIGHT...BOLSTERING CONFIDENCE IN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. NOTABLE ITEMS CLOSE TO AND BEYOND THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD ARE LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIDGING IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA...AND THEN THE MOVEMENT OF THAT RIDING WESTWARD INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE WI...NONE. && RAH/WET/BVS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 900 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 031100- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 900 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO THE TWIN CITIES... TO ALBERT LEA. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS... AND A FEW STORMS MAY EVEN BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TDK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 116 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNZ084-021845- WASECA- 116 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WASECA COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASECA AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WASECA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. KAT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 124 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 MNZ076-021900- LE SUEUR- 124 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LE SUEUR COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE CENTER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE CENTER BY 200 PM. PEOPLE IN EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:39 UTC.
4 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Three separate reports, including two from trained spotters.
Multiple reports.
Videotaped by law enforcement officer.
Multiple reports.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5534410, 5534409, 5534407, 5534408.