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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2000Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2000, 2:44 AM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports 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 26, 2000, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2000, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 2:55 AM CDTHail 1.75Ellsworth, WI
Aug 26, 3:10 AM CDTHail 1.75Stockholm, WI
Aug 26, 3:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MStockholm, WI
Aug 26, 3:15 AM CDTHail 1.75Ellsworth, WI

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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2000-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 723 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 2000-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 260745
SVRMSP
WIC091-093-260830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
244 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 244 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES EAST
  OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STOCKHOLM
  PLUM CITY
  MAIDEN ROCK
  ELLSWORTH
  BAY CITY

yTHIS 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 26, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix41 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.