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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 10, 2000McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
May 10, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County McLeod County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 KMPX 102217
SVRMSP
MNC085-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
515 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES        
  SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL  
  WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON AT 5 PM CDT.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SILVER LAKE
  PLATO
  LESTER PRAIRIE
  HUTCHINSON
  GLENCOE
  BISCAY

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STAY 
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville30 min
May 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver32 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.