Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 442

June 18, 200142 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in South Dakota; 18 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 18, 2001, 5:15 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in South Dakota; 18 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2001, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2001, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon66 min
Jun 18, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn65 min
Jun 18, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti60 min
Jun 18, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett25 min
Jun 18, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau54 min
Jun 18, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk54 min
Jun 18, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington45 min
Jun 18, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix45 min
Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod40 min
Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville40 min
Jun 18, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron46 min
Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet49 min
Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley49 min
Jun 18, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau20 min
Jun 18, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk32 min
Jun 18, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod25 min
Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark60 min
Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron30 min
Jun 18, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer54 min
Jun 18, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott52 min
Jun 18, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn35 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2001-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2001-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston and 6 more6 hr
Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass and 17 more6 hr
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 21 more5 hr
Jun 18, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brule, Buffalo, Clark, Codington and 26 more6 hr
Jun 18, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHarding, Perkins5 hr
Jun 18, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 4 more5 hr
Jun 18, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 15 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 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.