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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 25, 2000Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2000, 6:27 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 25, 2000, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 507 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 252329
TORFSD

MNC081-083-260015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
627 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST 
  OF MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTH ABOUT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSELL AROUND 655 PM CDT
  BALATON AROUND 710 PM CDT

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENnTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY. GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...GO
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon26 min
Jul 25, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon42 min
Jul 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.