Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 12:47 PM CDT for Becker County, Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Becker County, MN, Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 12:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Lake, MN | 50 trees were blown down. |
| Jun 11, 1:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolf Lake, MN | Strong winds damaged a mobile home and destroyed a 76x350 foot turkey barn. |
| Jun 11, 1:09 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 M | Park Rapids Arpt, MN | The ASOS in Park Rapids reported a 57 knot wind gust. |
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, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1042 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 ...DUE TO ONGOING SVR WEATHER WL BE BRIEF... SFC LOW CONT TO MOVE E OVER NE SD THIS MORNING WITH WARM FRONT MOVING INTO SRN ZONES. DECENT JET TO N OF THIS AREA COMBINED WITH 7H SHRT WV LIFTING INTO THE ERN DAKOTAS TO HELP KEEP TSTM ACTIVITY GOING INTO THE AFTN...WITH ACTIVITY ENDING FROM W TO E OVER ALL BUT FAR ERN ZONES BY 0Z. HIGH PRECIPITABLE H2O VALUES SHOWN BY MESOETA OVER SRN VALLEY AND POINTS EAST...AND WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BEING ISSUED DUE TO STRONG/SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING ATTM. WL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS TO CURRENT ZFP TO REFLECT ONGOING CONDITIONS BUT NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED. .FGF...SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 PM FOR SE ND AND WEST CENTRAL AND S SECTIONS OF NW MN... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR 0RANSOM...SARGENT...RICHLAND... WILKIN...OTTERTAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES. RJT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
1031 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 AM WAHPETON ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 RICHLAND
0915 AM 2 S ECKELSON ND 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 BARNES
0946 AM VALLEY CITY ND 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 BARNES
0950 AM FERGUS FALLS MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 OTTER TAIL 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY
KBRF
0950 AM VALLEY CITY ND 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 BARNES
1000 AM FERGUS FALLS MN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06a/11/01 OTTER TAIL REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS
EMPLOYEE
1000 AM 3 N FOXHOME MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 WILKINSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 10:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
NDZ024-111620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1049 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EDDY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THEe SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EDDY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SYSTEM THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. KENNEDY
Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
1229 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 AM 2 N BUFFALO ND 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CASS WINDSHIELD BUSTED OUT BY
HAIL
1110 AM BUFFALO ND 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CASS
1125 AM 7 E PARKERS PRAIRIE MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 OTTER TAIL
1135 AM 1 S FARGO ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CLAY MN
1200 PM 8 NE WOLVERTON MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CLAY
1205 PM 7 SE HAWLEY MN WIND DAMAGE
06m/11/01 CLAY TREE BLOWN DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
1229 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
CORRECTION
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 AM 2 N BUFFALO ND WINDSHIELD BUSTED OUT BY
06/11/01 CASS HAIL
1040 AM BUFFALO ND 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CASS
1125 AM 7 E PARKERS PRAIRIE MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 OTTER TAIL
1135 AM 1 S FARGO ND .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CLAY MN
1200 PM 8 NE WOLVERTON MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 CLAY
1205 PM 7 SE HAWLEY MN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/01 CLAY TREE BLOWN DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 105 min |
| Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 15 min |
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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.