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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2000, 11:44 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dakota County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Eagan, MN | |
| Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Apple Vly, MN | Hail covered the ground. |
| Jul 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Eagan, MN | Four inch diameter tree limbs severed. |
| Jul 8, 12:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Burnsville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.5
- Supercell composite
- 32.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101 WUUS53 KMPX 080444 SVRMSP MNC037-080530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1143 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WAS AROUND BURNSVILLE... APPLE VALLEY AND EAGAN. ONE INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... EAGAN BURNSVILLE APPLE VALLEY LAKEVILLE ROSEMOUNT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota | 2 hr |
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.