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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 25, 2000Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2000, 7:13 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 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 00:13 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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 2000-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1668 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 2000-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
1668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 260015
TORFSD

MNC081-083-101-260100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FLORENCE AROUND 730 PM CDT
  BALATON AROUND 750 PM CDT
  CURRENT LAKE AROUND 800 PM CDT

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT ARCO AT 655 
PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon47 min
Jul 25, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles33 min
Jul 25, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles51 min
Jul 25, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles46 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.