Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 9:04 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 11, 2001, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Hail 1 | La Crescent, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KARX 120204
SVRLSE
MNC055-120300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
904 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL FROM 8 MILES
NORTH OF LA CROSSE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALEDONIA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE...
NEAR HOUSTON...AND LA CRESCENT AT 915 PM CDT...
NEAR SPRING GROVE AT 920 PM CDT...
NEAR HOKAH AT 925 PM CDT...
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
$$
KRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 61 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.