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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 14, 2000Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2000, 9:47 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 14, 2000, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 10:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWeyerhaeuser, WITree down across road.

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 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 00:00Z, 2.8 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1622 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
1622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

876 
WUUS53 KMPX 150247
SVRMSP
WIC107-150330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WEYERHAEUSER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WEYERHAEUSER
  TONY
  LADYSMITH
  CONRATH
  BRUCE

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, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk65 min
Aug 14, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRusk30 min
Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk35 min
Aug 14, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk43 min
Aug 14, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron46 min
Aug 14, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk33 min
Aug 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron46 min
Aug 14, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk36 min
Aug 14, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron34 min
Aug 14, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBarron, Rusk3 hr
Aug 14, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk59 min
Aug 14, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk59 min
Aug 14, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Rusk44 min
Aug 15, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa38 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.