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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 15, 2001Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 8:44 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2001, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 160145
SVRMSP

MNC013-043-160215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
844 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING
  WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO TO
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE EARTH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLUE EARTH.
  GOOD THUNDER.
  WINNEBAGO.

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

LAT...LON 4411 9423 4354 9425 4355 9371 4413 9380

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright49 min
Jun 16, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.