Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Dawson, MN | Large 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 63 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.