Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 3:55 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 7 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, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Willmar Arpt, MN | Large tree branches down in Willmar. |
| Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Spicer, MN | Wind driven large hail caused major damage across Kandiyohi County. Damage estimate for the county is listed with the 3 S Sunburg to 1 E Atwater listing. |
| Jun 11, 4:07 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Atwater, MN | |
| Jun 11, 4:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 E | Grove City, MN | The storm complex moved into Meeker County, producing a 4 to 5 mile wide swath of damage from northwest to southeast across the county. The most severe damage was in Grove City and Litchfield. The Grove City High School auditorium roof collapsed, and light t |
| Jun 11, 4:12 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Kandiyohi, MN | This was the last severe report from the mesocyclone that began in Swift County and produced nine tornadoes from the Danvers area to 1 NW Willmar. |
| Jun 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Litchfield, MN | Damage survey indicated brief tornado on the west side of Lake Ripley, downing trees and ripping apart sheds and outbuildings. Tornado was accompanied by a large swath of damaging wind. |
| Jun 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Litchfield, MN | Wind blown hail dented houses, vehicles, and hundreds of structures. |
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.
| 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 WFUS53 KMPX 112056 TORMSP MNC067-093-112145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN MINNESOTA MEEKER COUNTY IN MINNESOTA * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 355 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... WILLMAR. SPICER. NEW LONDON. LITCHFIELD. KANDIYOHI. GROVE CITY. ATWATER. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR LAT...LON 4531 9506 4508 9514 4503 9442 4531 9444 & EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 28 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.