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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN

July 1, 2000Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT for Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
Jul 1, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Lake County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Two Harbors, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

516 
WFUS53 KDLH 020009
TORDLH
MNC075-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
708 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MURPHY CITY...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MURPHY CITY AROUND 720 PM CDT
  FINLAND AROUND 730 PM CDT
  SILVER BAY AROUND 740 PM CDT
  LITTLE MARAIS AROUND 740 PM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THIS 
AREA.

$$
DAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHLake60 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.