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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 9, 2000Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2000, 5:03 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2000, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2000, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Fillmore County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 5:20 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EChatfield, MN
Jul 9, 5:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EBristol, MN
Jul 9, 5:40 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 54 EGranger, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2000-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3971 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 2000-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
3971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
17.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KARX 091003
SVRLSE
MNC045-091045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
503 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge, Mower3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.