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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Duluth, MN

July 8, 2000Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 3:25 PM CDT for Pine County, Minnesota; Burnett County, Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2000, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2000-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2243 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
2243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

950 
WUUS53 KDLH 082026
SVRDLH
MNC115-WIC013-031-129-082130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
325 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BURNETT COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN WASHBURN COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  NORTHEAST PINE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  CLOVERTON...OR ABOUT 32 MILES EAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COZY CORNER AROUND 330 PM CDT
  DAIRYLAND AROUND 340 PM CDT
  GORDON AROUND 415 PM CDT

DAMAGING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

$$

TAP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton63 min
Jul 8, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton61 min
Jul 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine58 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine63 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice45 min
Jul 8, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn65 min
Jul 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn61 min
Jul 8, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer59 min
Jul 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn61 min
Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn115 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett36 min
Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.