Very warm and muggy air for September arrived in Minnesota with gusty southerly winds. This, combined with cool Canadian air moving in from the northwest, triggered severe thunderstorms across central and southern Minnesota on Saturday, September 16th, 2006. A tornado hit Rogers at 9:58pm. 200 to 300 homes were damaged and 50 were destroyed. There was one fatality. See the report for the September 16, 2006 severe weather event by the National Weather Service. The total count for tornadoes for 2006 in Minnesota now stands at 22.
A preliminary local storm report summary from the National Weather Service in Chanhassen can be seen below.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
744 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL BENSON 45.32N 95.61W
09/16/2006 E1.25 INCH SWIFT MN PUBLIC
0710 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 S ECHO 44.59N 95.41W
09/16/2006 YELLOW MEDICINE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0715 PM HAIL 3 N BELVIEW 44.65N 95.33W
09/16/2006 E0.88 INCH REDWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0755 PM HAIL 2 S ECHO 44.59N 95.41W
09/16/2006 E0.88 INCH YELLOW MEDICINE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0845 PM HAIL SILVER LAKE 44.90N 94.20W
09/16/2006 E0.75 INCH MCLEOD MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0847 PM TSTM WND GST REDWOOD FALLS 44.54N 95.11W
09/16/2006 E59.00 MPH REDWOOD MN ASOS
AT REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT ON EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
0905 PM TSTM WND DMG DARWIN 45.10N 94.40W
09/16/2006 MEEKER MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0929 PM TSTM WND DMG HOWARD LAKE 45.06N 94.07W
09/16/2006 WRIGHT MN AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN.
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W SOUTH HAVEN 45.29N 94.24W
09/16/2006 WRIGHT MN AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG A 1 MILE STRETCH.
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG ROGERS 45.19N 93.55W
09/16/2006 HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
2X4S AND OTHER DEBRIS. LARGE ROAD SIGN WRAPPED AROUND
POLE.
0955 PM HAIL 1 SE ALBERTVILLE 45.23N 93.65W
09/16/2006 E0.75 INCH WRIGHT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0958 PM TORNADO 3 W ROGERS 45.19N 93.61W
09/16/2006 HENNEPIN MN NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE PATH LENGTH OF
THE F2 TORNADO WAS 8 MILES. FROM 3.5 MILES WEST OF
DOWNTOWN ROGERS TO THE CITY OF DAYTON...THEN CONTINUED
EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE CITY OF RAMSEY.
THE TORNADO HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. KSTP TV
REPORTED 200-300 HOMES DAMAGED...WITH 50 DETROYED. ONE
FATALITY ALSO REPORTED WITH STORM IN THE CITY OF ROGERS.
TIME OF TWISTER TOUCHDOWN INFERRED FROM RADAR.
1015 PM HAIL MONTICELLO 45.30N 93.80W
09/16/2006 M0.75 INCH WRIGHT MN AMATEUR RADIO
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA COUNTY BORDER
1015 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE ELK RIVER 45.28N 93.49W
09/16/2006 ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEMI TRAILER BLOWN INTO POWER POLES.
1016 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE ELK RIVER 45.28N 93.49W
09/16/2006 ANOKA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
WALL BLOWN OUT OF FURNATURE STORE NEAR U.S. HWY 10.
1029 PM HAIL CHAMPLIN 45.17N 93.39W
09/16/2006 M0.75 INCH HENNEPIN MN AMATEUR RADIO
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-WRIGHT COUNTY BORDER
1030 PM TSTM WND DMG RAMSEY 45.26N 93.45W
09/16/2006 ANOKA MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW WALDORF 43.96N 93.74W
09/16/2006 WASECA MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
1040 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 ENE ROGERS 45.21N 93.51W
09/16/2006 HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1100 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S OTSEGO 45.28N 93.61W
09/16/2006 WRIGHT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
12X16 FOOT FARM OUT BUILDING BLOWN INTO DITCH.
1130 PM TSTM WND DMG LUCK 45.58N 92.47W
09/16/2006 POLK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N AMERY 45.32N 92.36W
09/16/2006 POLK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
1201 AM TSTM WND DMG ALBERT LEA 43.66N 93.37W
09/17/2006 FREEBORN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BRANCH DOWN.
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