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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2001Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 4:23 PM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2001, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 162123
SVRMSP
WIC091-093-162200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
423 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MAIDEN ROCK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ELLSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STOCKHOLM.
  PLUM CITY.
  PEPIN.
  MAIDEN ROCK.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk36 min
Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.