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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2001Anoka County, Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2001, 5:17 AM CDT for Anoka County, Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 23, 2001, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2001, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 23, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2001-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2234 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2001-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
2234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 231018
SVRMSP

MNC003-025-059-231045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
517 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 517 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST BETHEL...OR ABOUT
  11 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CAMBRIDGE.
  EAST BETHEL.
  NORTH BRANCH.
  CHISAGO CITY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING !WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4569 9329 4525 9331 4533 9280 4570 9296

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle46 min
Jul 23, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift42 min
Jul 23, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift61 min
Jul 23, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns47 min
Jul 23, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet49 min
Jul 23, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth48 min
Jul 23, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur41 min
Jul 23, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.