Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 2:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 16, 2001, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Meeker County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Kimball, MN | |
| Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Monticello, 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 161913 SVRMSP MNC093-141-145-171-162000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 211 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHEAST MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 211 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATKINS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... BUFFALO. ANNANDALE. CLEARWATER. BECKER. RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF ST CLOUD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 4544 9440 4524 9450 4516 9379 4544 9377
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.