Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 6:23 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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 11, 2001, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 112324
SVRMSP
WIC017-107-120015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
623 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
RUSK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 11 MILES SOUTH OF BRUCE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH.
CORNELL.
JIM FALLS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
LAT...LON 4541 9140 4523 9142 4498 9124 4497 9098
4561 9071 4562 9111The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.