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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 9, 2000McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2000, 9:53 PM CDT for McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 9, 2000, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2000-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1790 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 2000-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 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
1790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
493 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
11.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 100254
SVRMSP
MNC085-171-100330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 953 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER SILVER LAKE...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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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.