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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 11, 2000Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2000, 3:13 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2000, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 3:48 PM CDTHail 1.75Menomonie, 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2000-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 112014
SVRMSP
WIC033-093-109-112100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
313 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  NORTHEAST PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 313 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 11 MILES WEST OF SPRING
  VALLEY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF GLENWOOD CITY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TAINTER LAKE
  GLENWOOD CITY
  MENOMONIE
  KNAPP

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

LAT...LON 4484 9260 4471 9241 4496 9171 4521 9194

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix46 min
Sep 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa42 min
Sep 10, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire41 min
Sep 10, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix53 min
Sep 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire62 min
Sep 10, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire32 min
Sep 10, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire48 min
Sep 11, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire2 hr
Sep 11, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn, Pierce81 min
Sep 11, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce2 hr
Sep 11, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn36 min
Sep 11, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire49 min
Sep 11, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn19 min
Sep 11, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk42 min
Sep 11, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn14 min
Sep 11, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire49 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.