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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 14, 2000Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2000, 6:41 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 14, 2000, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2292 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
2292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

937 
WUUS53 KMPX 142342
SVRMSP
WIC005-095-107-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  POLK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  RUSK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS    
  ALONG A LINE...FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF GLEN FLORA TO 39 MILES       
  NORTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TURTLE LAKE
  RICE LAKE
  LADYSMITH
  BARRON
  CUMBERLAND 
  CLAM FALLS
  
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk49 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.