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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2000Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2000, 3:29 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2000, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Goodhue County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 260830
SVRMSP
MNC049-260900-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 329 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BELLECHESTER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ZUMBROTA
  WANAMINGO
  RED WING
  GOODHUE
  BELLECHESTER

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

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.