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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2001Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 11:13 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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 11, 2001, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 11:25 AM CDTHail 0.75Parkers Prairie, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 111612
SVRMSP

MNC153-111715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1113 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1109 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  ONE
  WAS JUST EAST OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND THE OTHER WAS ABOUT 20 MILES
  NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA.  THE STORM NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA HAS PRODUCED
  WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLOTHO.
  BROWERVILLE.
  EAGLE BEND.
  CLARISSA.

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

LAT...LON 4610 9560 4598 9542 4628 9491 4646 9516
d$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas42 min
Jun 11, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd53 min
Jun 11, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns45 min
Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas44 min
Jun 11, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison39 min
Jun 11, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift40 min
Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope56 min
Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd56 min
Jun 11, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift48 min
Jun 11, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd32 min
Jun 11, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison56 min
Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope45 min
Jun 11, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift36 min
Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton31 min
Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs44 min
Jun 11, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne40 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker50 min
Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton30 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns57 min
Jun 11, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec40 min
Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington42 min
Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota42 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago45 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright45 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey45 min
Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright49 min
Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington35 min
Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver50 min
Jun 11, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright64 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott47 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver47 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington39 min
Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue58 min
Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota28 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.