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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 1, 2000Houston County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 2:57 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
Jun 1, 2000, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Houston County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 3:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ECaledonia, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 011959
SVRLSE
MNC055-012100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
257 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SHELDON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CALEDONIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MOUND PRAIRIE AT 315 PM CDT
  NEAR BROWNSVILLE AND HOKAH AT 320 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.  THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR PRESTON.

BAUMGARDT

LAT...LON 4376 9172 4357 9173 4363 9127 4382 9131

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower53 min
May 31, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore57 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston55 min
May 31, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Winona67 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower59 min
May 31, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower5 hr
Jun 1, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore5 hr
Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower2 hr
Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHouston95 min
Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower4 hr
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower6 hr
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona60 min
Jun 1, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore58 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWinona3 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.