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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Duluth, MN

August 14, 2000Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2000, 7:56 PM CDT for Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 14, 2000, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Burnett County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 8:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Falun, WI

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
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1622 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
1622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDLH 150056
TORDLH

WIC013-150130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
756 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BURNETT COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF GRANTSBURG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALPHA...BRANSTAD AROUND 805 PM CDT
  FALUN...TRADE LAKE AROUND 810 PM CDT
  FOUR CORNERS AROUND 815 PM CDT
  SIREN AROUND 820 PM CDT

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

$$

SCW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice47 min
Aug 14, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett28 min
Aug 14, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn67 min
Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett47 min
Aug 14, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett35 min
Aug 14, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett, Washburn31 min
Aug 14, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett31 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.