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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2001Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 2:19 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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 11, 2001, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 2:30 PM CDTHail 1Parkers Prairie, MN
Jun 11, 2:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECarlos, MNFew trees downed at Lake Carlos State Park. This was the first report from a complex of storms that would enter Todd and Morrison Counties, and which produced the tornado 4 ESE Long Prairie at 1355. The last report from this batch of storms was in Morrison Co
Jun 11, 2:37 PM CDTHail 1Rose City, MN
Jun 11, 2:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Eagle Bend, 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, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

367 
WUUS53 KMPX 111919
SVRMSP
MNC041-121-153-112015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 216 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A PAIR OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
  ONE EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES WEST OT ALEXANDRIA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF
  ALEXANDRIA.  ANOTHER STORM WAS AROUND MORRIS.  BOTH STORMS WERE
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA.
  GLENWOOD.
  STARBUCK.
  LONG PRAIRIE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.  REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... AND 
THAT TORNADOES CAN FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 4545 9573 4545 9539 4629 9468 4606 9572
$$
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, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd62 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 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.