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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2001Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2001, 7:15 AM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 18, 2001, 7:15 AM CDT (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2001, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Barron County, WI

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 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2001-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 476 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 2001-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 181216
SVRMSP

WIC005-181245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 715 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF RICE
  LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RICE LAKE.
  CAMERON.
  BARRON.

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 17, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce40 min
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, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn35 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.