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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2001Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2001, 6:15 AM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2001, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2001, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 6:40 AM CDTHail 0.75Newport, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 181116
SVRMSP

MNC163-WIC033-109-181200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
615 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 615 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
  WITH LARGE HAIL EXTENDING FROM STILLWATER TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  MENOMONIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STILLWATER.
  NEW RICHMOND.
  MENOMONIE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue49 min
Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington44 min
Jun 18, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd52 min
Jun 18, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison39 min
Jun 18, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs50 min
Jun 18, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton42 min
Jun 18, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec49 min
Jun 18, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti60 min
Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod40 min
Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville40 min
Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet49 min
Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley49 min
Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod25 min
Jun 18, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott52 min
Jun 18, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.