Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 390

June 9, 20016 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 9, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Big Stone County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rock County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHamlin40 min
Jun 9, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Day, Grant50 min
Jun 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury, Miner23 min
Jun 9, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, McCook30 min
Jun 9, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDKingsbury, Lake, Miner35 min
Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington34 min
Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant34 min
Jun 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, Miner30 min
Jun 10, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin42 min
Jun 10, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMcCook38 min
Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings, Lake, Moody30 min
Jun 10, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMinnehaha43 min
Jun 10, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 10, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody22 min
Jun 10, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner48 min
Jun 10, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Pipestone37 min
Jun 10, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody37 min
Jun 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel18 min
Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon44 min
Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux44 min
Jun 10, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine37 min
Jun 10, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon36 min
Jun 10, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray24 min
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine55 min
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift55 min
Jun 10, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Murray38 min
Jun 10, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon17 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux46 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson, Nobles46 min
Jun 10, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien32 min

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2001-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1849 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2001-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more3 hr
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell and 28 more6 hr
Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBon Homme, Yankton4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.