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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 10, 2000Dodge County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EMantorville, MN
Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Pine Is, MN
Jun 10, 3:59 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EZumbro 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 893 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha53 min
Jun 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha62 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.