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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 2000Blue Earth County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 6:39 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2000, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

878 
WUUS53 KMPX 231139
SVRMSP
MNC013-161-231230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
639 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 639 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ST CLAIR...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ST CLAIR
  PEMBERTON
  MAPLETON
  JANESVILLE
  GOOD THUNDER

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.