Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2001, 3:28 PM CDT for Dakota County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2001, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dakota County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Savage, MN | Ground turned white with hail in southern Savage. |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Burnsville, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 012028 SVRMSP MNC037-139-012115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAKOTA COUNTY IN MINNESOTA SCOTT COUNTY IN MINNESOTA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 328 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF SAVAGE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... LAKEVILLE. HAMPTON. FARMINGTON. BURNSVILLE. APPLE VALLEY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4483 9336 4470 9353 4447 9312 4456 9288 $$ NAISTAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.