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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2001Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 7:09 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
May 9, 2001, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2001-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1211 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 2001-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 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
1211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
795 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

566 
WUUS53 KMPX 100010
SVRMSP
MNC095-097-100100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN MINNESOTA
  EASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LASTRUP...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ONAMIA.
  MILLACA

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4615 9418 4593 9414 4595 9354 4631 9350
$$
 CWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn43 min
May 9, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin40 min
May 9, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott31 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca64 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXScott34 min
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue61 min
May 9, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota44 min
May 9, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn44 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice36 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs44 min
May 9, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs39 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue35 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele35 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.