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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Duluth, MN

August 31, 2000Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2000, 1:09 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 31, 2000, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 30, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 405 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1902 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
1902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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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.