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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2000Pepin County, Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 12:14 PM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pepin County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 12:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Red Wing, MNCorn stripped in Wacouta, Welch and Florence townships as storm tracked to the southeast.
Jul 7, 12:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ERed Wing, MNNumerous trees down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 7, 12:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 071714
SVRMSP
MNC049-WIC091-071800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  EXTREME EASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1214 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 7 MILES
  NORTH OF STOCKHOLM...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLSWORTH...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RED WING
  CANNON FALLS
  DURAND
  PEPIN

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
Jul 7, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix45 min
Jul 7, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce54 min
Jul 7, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin16 min
Jul 7, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne40 min
Jul 7, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka47 min
Jul 7, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey62 min
Jul 7, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington41 min
Jul 7, 11:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXWashington31 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas66 min

Nearby

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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.