Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 11:13 AM CDT for Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- May 17, 2000, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lyon County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Russell, MN | Thunderstorm winds rolled a vehicle on a county road. |
| May 17, 11:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | Russell, MN | Thunderstorm winds blew a pickup off the road. The winds also blew accompanying small hail enough to dent vehicles. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WUUS53 KFSD 171613 SVRFSD MNC083-171700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1113 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAUNTON TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLORENCE TO 10 MILES WEST OF FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FLORENCE AROUND 1120 AM CDT RUSSELL...TAUNTON AROUND 1125 AM CDT BALATON...MINNEOTA AROUND 1130 AM CDT GHENT...MARSHALL AROUND 1135 AM CDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 17, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.