Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2001, 2:05 AM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 10, 2001, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2001, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WUUS53 KMPX 100708 SVRMSP MNC013-015-043-085-091-103-143-165-100800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 205 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN MINNESOTA WATONWAN COUNTY IN MINNESOTA NICOLLET COUNTY IN MINNESOTA SIBLEY COUNTY IN MINNESOTA MCLEOD COUNTY IN MINNESOTA BROWN COUNTY IN MINNESOTA BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN MINNESOTA FARIBAULT COUNTY IN MINNESOTA * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 205 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GIBBON TO 16 MILES WEST OF DUNNELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLIVIA TO 32 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... FAIRMONT. NEW ULM. ST JAMES. MADELIA. GAYLORD. LAT...LON 4470 9457 4353 9485 4353 9420 4476 9405 $$ RJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 55 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.