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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 10, 2000Mitchell County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2000, 8:53 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2000, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mitchell County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 8:55 PM CDTHail 0.88Manly, IA
Sep 10, 9:05 PM CDTHail 0.88Manly, IA
Sep 10, 9:05 PM CDTHail 1Manly, IA
Sep 10, 9:10 PM CDTHail 0.88Manly, IA

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 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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°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 110155
SVRLSE
IAC131-110245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF ST. ANSGAR...OR ABOUT OVER
  MANLY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR ST. ANSGAR AT 915 PM CDT
  NEAR OSAGE AT 920 PM CDT
  NEAR STACYVILLE AT 925 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.

RIECK

LAT...LON 4339 9327 4322 9319 4331 9257 4352 9267

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.