Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS La Crosse, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Whalan, MN | |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Highland, MN | |
| Jun 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Spring 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 77 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.