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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2001Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT for Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 9, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Starbuck, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2001-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2001-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 092102
SVRMSP
MNC121-151-092145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
402 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EAST POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT
  12 MILES SOUTH OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  VILLARD.
  STARBUCK.
  SEDAN.
  LONG BEACH.
  GLENWOOD.
  SWIFT FALLS. 

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4561 9564 4541 9555 4531 9528 4576 9518

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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.