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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 10, 2000Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2000, 8:49 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2000, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 10, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2000-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 110151
SVRLSE
MNC045-099-110245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
849 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ADAMS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  AUSTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR GRAND MEADOW AT 900 PM CDT
  NEAR SPRING VALLEY AT 905 PM CDT
  NEAR WYKOFF AT 910 PM CDT
  NEAR FOUNTAIN AT 920 PM CDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

NELSON

LAT...LON 4385 9289 4349 9283 4351 9203 4385 9203

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted58 min
Sep 10, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona58 min
Sep 10, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona63 min
Sep 10, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower62 min
Sep 11, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona59 min

Nearby

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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.