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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 13, 2000Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 3:34 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 71 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2000, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65 EWhalan, MN
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65 EHighland, MN
Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESpring Grove, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 356 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 132036
SVRLSE
IAC005-043-MNC045-055-132145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
334 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
  EASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CRESCO TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF DECORAH
  TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST UNION. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR VOLGA AND HARMONY AT 340 PM CDT
  NEAR CANTON AT 345 PM CDT
  NEAR LENORA AND GUNDER AT 350 PM CDT
  NEAR ELKADER AND POSTVILLE AT 355 PM CDT
  NEAR ST. OLAF AND LUANA AT 400 PM CDT

WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADO-LIKE DAMAGE. SEEK
SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona77 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.