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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 1991Anoka County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1991, 1:40 PM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1991, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1991, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Anoka County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 1:42 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Anoka, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1991-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1572 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1991-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 131840
SVRMSP
MNC003-131915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
140 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...ANOKA COUNTY
 
AT 130 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAUSED
TREE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF CHAMPLIN ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MINNEAPOLIS. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ENTER ANOKA COUNTY SHORTLY.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ANOKA..COON RAPIDS...BLAINE AND
ST FRANCIS.
 
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODPUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING
DOMBROWSKY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-018-019-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1225 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITIAN AREA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY
IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXPLOSIVE PROPORTIONS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SITUTATED ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA ACROSS
WESTERN HENNEPIN AND EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS DEFINATELY
HAVE THE POTIENTAL FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE METROPOLITIAN
AREA AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY BY 1230 PM CDT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CARVER COUNTY...THE SITE OF THE U.S. OPEN.
HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CARVER COUNTY BY 1245 PM.
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
RND

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.