Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2000, 4:55 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- May 30, 2000, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2000, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 30, 5:05 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ruthton, 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 nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 300956 SVRFSD MNC081-117-301030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 455 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 455 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY SIOUX FALLS DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED 9 MILES WEST OF RUTHTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RUTHTON AROUND 500 AM CDT HOLLAND AROUND 510 AM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE 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 30, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 35 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.