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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2001Carver County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2001, 7:23 AM CDT for Carver County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 7:23 AM CDT (12:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2001, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, Scott County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 7:45 AM CDTHail 0.75Savage, MNReported at Hwy. 13 and County Rd. 42.

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 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 181224
SVRMSP

MNC019-139-181315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 723 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMBURG...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF ST
  PETER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WACONIA.
  CHASKA.
  CARVER.
  JORDAN.
  SHAKOPEE.
  YOUNG AMERICA.

THI2S 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, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington45 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, 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.