Minnesota, 2001

Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 13, 2001

June 13, 2001 · NWS MPX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 7:30 PM CST, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:30 PM CST, 7 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

FORECAST CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX OVERNIGHT. SUPERCELLS OVER
SE SD/NW IA MOVING A BIT TO RIGHT OF MEAN FLOW AND OTHER CONVECTION
WEST OF FSD MOVING MORE NE TOWARD WEST CENTRAL MN. CONVECTION N OF
SUPERCELLS STILL WEAKENING SOME AS IT MOVES TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MN. 700 MB TEMPS AROUND 15C AT KOMA WHICH IS A LITTLE
WARMER THAN FORECAST BY ETA. RUC SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THIS
THOUGH AND PUSHES 12 ISOTHERM TOWARD KFSD BY MORNING. RUC DOES SEEM
TO WANT TO PUSH 850 THETA E RIDGE NE INTO CENTRAL MN WITH POCKET OF
MOISTURE CONV AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES. IT THIS DOES OCCUR THINK
THERE WILL SOME ELEVATED STORMS WITH HAIL DEVELOPING INTO AREA. SOME
CHANCE THAT THE SUPERCELLS WILL FOLLOW A PATH MORE ALONG THE 850-300
THICKNESS LINES ALONG IA/MN BORDER. THERE IS MORE CONVECTION FORMING
IN NORTH CENTRAL IA ESE OF SUPERCELLS. WILL MENTION SOME HEAVY RAIN
IN ADDITION TO SVR  OVER PARTS OF PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL JUST IN
CASE.

.MSP...NONE.
RICHARDSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:03 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
203 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    CEYLON                    MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/01   MARTIN                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1200 AM    ELMORE                    MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01   FARIBAULT                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1205 AM    CEYLON                    MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01   MARTIN                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1230 AM    WALTERS                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01   FARIBAULT                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEME.NT OFFICIAL.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When
June 13, 2:30 AM CST
Where
Lac Qui Parle County, 6 mi S of Dawson
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.850, -96.067

Large tree branches down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253882.