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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2001Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 
WUUS53 KMPX 140457
SVRMSP
WIC091-093-140545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1155 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH         
  DAMAGING WINDS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM HASTINGS TO KENYON...OR 
  ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF FARIBAULT. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING    
  EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED.  


* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  
  PLUM CITY.
  PEPIN.
  PRESCOTT.
  ELLSWORTH.
  DURAND.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4485 9276 4444 9216 4463 9174 4467 9216
          4485 9216

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.