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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2000Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 5:21 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 13, 2000, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 997 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 132221
SVRMSP
MNC043-091-132315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ELMORE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ELMORE
  BLUE EARTH
  FROST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.