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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2000Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2000, 12:48 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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
Jun 24, 2000, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 1:15 AM CDTHail 1.5Dunnell, 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2495 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 240548
SVRMSP
MNC091-240645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1248 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNNELL...
  OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FAIRMONT
  WELCOME
  SHERBURN
  NORTHROP
  GRANADA
  DUNNELL
  CEYLON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.