Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 11:04 AM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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
- Jul 7, 2000, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2000, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Oakdale, MN | Numerous trees down, some on houses and vehicles. Three mobile homes in Whispering Oaks Park in Oakdale were severely damaged by falling trees, while two other mobile homes sustained moderate damage. |
| Jul 7, 11:10 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Oakdale, MN | |
| Jul 7, 11:15 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lake Elmo, MN | Damaged crops include corn, soybean, and various garden vegetables along a two mile path through Lake Elmo, according to the Courier News. |
| Jul 7, 11:20 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Lake Elmo, MN | Tornado occurred near County Rd. 17 and County Rd. 10. Numerous trees down and a few mobile homes were damaged before tornado moved into an open field. This tornado was produced by a mesocyclone that began producing downburst damage in Lino Lakes and contin |
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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 071604 SVRMSP MNC163-071645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1104 AM CDT FRI JUL 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1104 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAHTOMEDI...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PAUL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... OAKDALE MARINE ON ST CROIX MAHTOMEDI HUGO LAR GE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 66 min |
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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.