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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2001Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 5:55 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
35 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, 6:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Ortonville, 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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 132256
SVRMSP

MNC073-132330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE   
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR NASSAU...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF   
  ORTONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELLINGHAM.
  LOUISBURG.
  ROSEN.

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

LAT...LON 4501 9689 4488 9643 4502 9630 4542 9636

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, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle41 min
Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens48 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.