Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 391

June 10, 20017 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 10, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 19 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan55 min
Jun 10, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet55 min
Jun 10, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley55 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 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.