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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 11, 2000Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2000, 5:43 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn 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 11, 2000, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2000, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2000-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2000-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 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.

698 
WUUS53 KMPX 111044
SVRMSP
MNC043-047-111115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
543 AM CDT THU MAY 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 543 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALTERS...
  OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF BLUE EARTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WELLS
  ALDEN
  CLARK GROVE

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.