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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN

August 14, 2000Burnett County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT for Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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 14, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Burnett County, WI

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, 2.4 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°0°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.

534 
WFUS53 KDLH 150225
TORDLH
WIC013-150300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH MN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BURNETT COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  DANBURY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DANBURY...YELLOWLAKE AROUND 930 PM CDT
  RIVERSIDE AROUND 935 PM CDT
  WEBB LAKE AROUND 945 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
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, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHBurnett34 min
Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.