Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2000, 8:40 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2000, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Renville, MN | Estimated winds. Numerous power lines down. |
| May 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Renville, MN | Estimated winds. Barn toppled. |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Renville, MN | |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Renville, MN | Estimated winds. Two barns down. Numerous trees toppled. Damage survey indicated a thunderstorm downburst occurred. The downburst swath was about 3 miles wide and 3 miles long. The downburst extended into Kandiyohi county. |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Roseland, MN | Eight horses killed when barn hit by tornado. |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Prinsburg, MN | Major damage incurred to houses and other property. |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Blomkest, MN | |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 E | Prinsburg, MN | Scattered trees and sheds down, a few barns down. The damage originated from a downburst which was 5 miles long and 3 miles wide. It covered a portion of northern Renville and a portion of southern Kandiyohi county. The swath of of wind damage in Kandiyohi cou |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Blomkest, MN | |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50.5 M | Willmar Arpt, MN | |
| May 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lake Lillian, MN | |
| May 7, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Lake Lillian, MN | Two 70 foot pine trees toppled. |
| May 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lake Lillian, MN | Barn down, house pushed slightly off its foundation, numerous trees down, numerous home windows damaged. |
| May 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lake Lillian, MN |
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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 080142 SVRMSP MNC023-067-129-080230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF CLARA CITY TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINSBURG TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RENVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... GRANITE FALLS WILLMAR MONTEVIDEO < CLARA CITY OLIVIA BLOMKEST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 27 min |
| May 7, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| May 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 37 min |
| May 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 48 min |
| May 7, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 48 min |
| May 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| May 7, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 60 min |
| May 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 47 min |
| May 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 51 min |
| May 8, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.