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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2001Jackson County, Minnesota; Dickinson County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT for Jackson County, Minnesota; Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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 13, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dickinson County, IA, Jackson County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 9:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EArnolds Park, IAThunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELakefield, MNThunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and garage on a farm.
Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELake Park, IA
Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65 EJackson, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4556 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
20.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 140159
TORFSD
IAC059-MNC063-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
858 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PARK...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF
  SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE PARK AROUND 905 PM CDT
  WAHPETON AROUND 910 PM CDT
  SPIRIT LAKE...OKOBOJI AROUND 915 PM CDT
  ORLEANS AROUND 920 PM CDT
  JACKSON AROUND 930 PM CDT

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR MELVIN AT 852 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL 
ALSO BE ABLE TO CREATE SEVERE WINDS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 4348 9I539 4327 9540 4344 9495 4371 9494

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln35 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon34 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon31 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Pipestone29 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon36 min
Jun 13, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles16 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Nobles24 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray24 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln33 min
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock25 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson24 min
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone28 min
Jun 13, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock16 min
Jun 13, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson27 min
Jun 13, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone28 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth35 min
Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux46 min
Jun 13, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux36 min
Jun 13, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury32 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth45 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury31 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola, Sioux41 min
Jun 13, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth34 min
Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola28 min
Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee25 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien28 min
Jun 13, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDOsceola23 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, O'Brien29 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury27 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson, Osceola29 min
Jun 13, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay32 min
Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Ida, Woodbury29 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson32 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Ida32 min
Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista38 min
Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda20 min
Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda31 min
Jun 13, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista20 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.