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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2001Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 6:58 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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
May 9, 2001, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.5Mora, MN
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTHail 1Mora, 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2001-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley50 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Wright50 min
May 9, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod48 min
May 9, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver32 min
May 9, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.