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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2001Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2001, 7:35 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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 17, 2001, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pierce County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2001-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2001-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 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 180037
SVRMSP

WIC093-180115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
735 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF ELLSWORTH...OR ABOUT OVER RED WING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
  STORM SPOTTERS IN DENNISON...MINNESOTA REPORTED HAIL ONE AND ONE   
  HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WITH THIS STORM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH.
  PRESCOTT.
  HAGER CITY.

LAT...LON 4472 9268 4459 9244 4461 9225 4483 9219

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin39 min
Jun 18, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk54 min
Jun 18, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix45 min
Jun 18, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron46 min
Jun 18, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk32 min
Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron30 min
Jun 18, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.