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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

July 8, 2000Aitkin County, Carlton County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2000, 3:59 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Carlton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

841 
WFUS53 KDLH 082100
TORDLH
MNC001-017-082200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
359 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AITKIN COUNTY IN MINNESOTA
  CARLTON COUNTY IN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 359 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER AUTOMBA...OR
  ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF HINCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KETTLE RIVER AROUND 410 PM CDT
  BARNUM AROUND 435 PM CDT
  MAHTOWA AROUND 440 PM CDT
  NEMADJI AROUND 450 PM CDT

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

$$

SCW

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, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine65 min
Jul 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine58 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine63 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.