Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 394

June 11, 200117 counties in Minnesota; 16 counties in North Dakota; Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 11, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 16 counties in North Dakota; Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Becker County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Griggs County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin57 min
Jun 11, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas42 min
Jun 11, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass49 min
Jun 11, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes31 min
Jun 11, 10:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin30 min
Jun 11, 10:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin105 min
Jun 11, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd53 min
Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail46 min
Jun 11, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns45 min
Jun 11, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes29 min
Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay29 min
Jun 11, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas44 min
Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd62 min
Jun 11, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail29 min
Jun 11, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland37 min
Jun 11, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay31 min
Jun 11, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin51 min
Jun 11, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker53 min
Jun 11, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay46 min
Jun 11, 12:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin6 hr
Jun 11, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail62 min
Jun 11, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison39 min
Jun 11, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Hubbard58 min
Jun 11, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass67 min
Jun 11, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail60 min
Jun 11, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena23 min

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2628 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 432 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
2628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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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 11, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing and 12 more6 hr
Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 39 more5 hr
Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie and 7 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 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.