Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2001, 6:41 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2001, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sibley County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:55 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gibbon, MN | |
| Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDT | Hail 2 | Arlington, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 181142 SVRMSP MNC015-103-143-181230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 641 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 641 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING HAIL 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBBON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... GIBBON. 'THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 49 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.