1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 13, 2:15 PM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS PRESSURE FALLS AND A CONVERGENCE ZONE DEVELOPING...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM MARSHALL TO CAMBRIDGE DURING THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE ADVECTION. THIS CONVECTION THEN FORECAST THEN SPREAD EAST IN FORECAST DIFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN. ALL THE WHILE...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE REGION SUPPORTS A POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN SCENARIO. MAIN UPPER JET...ROUNDING THE CLOSED LOW TO OUR WEST...IS FORECAST TO NOSE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS IS FORECAST TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY 700 MB DRY SLOT AND IS EXPECTED TO BE THE MECHANISM FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE hWEATHER. .MSP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WH
MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-140615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1212 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...FROM MORRISON COUNTY ON SOUTHWEST TO REDWOOD COUNTY AND POINTS TO THE WEST...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BUT THE THnREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a gas line in the Northeastern corner of Apple Valley. A fire was then ignited at three homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2001
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: 5254115.