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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2001Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 3:19 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2001, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EDawson, MNLarge tree branches down.

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 nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 130819
SVRMSP
MNC073-130900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
319 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 319 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DAWSON.
  MADISON.
  BOYD. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THbUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4482 9630 4482 9605 4492 9581 4508 9614

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin54 min
Jun 12, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault53 min
Jun 13, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin60 min
Jun 13, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn58 min
Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens48 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle35 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker26 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas34 min
Jun 13, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens54 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.