Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2000, 3:37 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- Jun 10, 2000, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Dodge County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Mantorville, MN | |
| Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pine Is, MN | |
| Jun 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Zumbro Falls, 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 893 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841 WUUS53 KARX 102039 SVRLSE MNC039-109-157-102130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 337 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA NORTHERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA NORTHEAST DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASIO JA...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANTORVILLE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR ORONOCO AT 350 PM CDT NEAR ZUMBRO FALLS AND BEAR VALLEY AT 355 PM CDT NEAR OAK CENTER AT 400 PM CDT NEAR MAPLE SPRINGS AT 410 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 4405 9304 4399 9247 4443 9212 4445 9248
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.