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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 2, 2000Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 1:33 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 2, 2000, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2000, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2000-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1050 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

316 
WUUS53 KMPX 020633
SVRMSP
MNC067-093-020715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
133 AM CDT SUN JUL 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 133 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
  SPICER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SPICER
  NEW LONDON
  LITCHFIELD
  KINGSTON
  GROVE CITY
  DARWIN
  ATWATER

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle51 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.