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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 10, 2000Carver County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 6:28 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Carver County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 102328
SVRMSP
MNC019-110000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...OR ABOUT
  35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WACONIA
  VICTORIA
  CHANHASSEN
  COLOGNE

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

TDK

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, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod45 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.