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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2000Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 13, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 130746
SVRFSD
MNC101-130815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
245 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR IONA...6 MILES SOUTH OF SLAYTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SLAYTON AROUND 255 AM CDT
  CURRIE AROUND 310 AM CDT
  DOVRAY AROUND 315 AM CDT

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles23 min
Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDJackson119 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.