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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 2000Dakota County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 1:27 AM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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 8, 2000, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2000, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Dakota County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2000-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2326 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 2000-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
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

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The text

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

602 
WUUS53 KMPX 080628
SVRMSP
MNC037-080730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
127 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 127 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF VERMILLION...OR
  ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15    
  MPH.  IN ADDITION TO HAIL THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
  TORENTAIL RAINS AND FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  VERMILLION
  FARMINGTON

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, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas, Pope42 min
Jul 7, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope52 min
Jul 7, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns52 min
Jul 7, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi46 min
Jul 7, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns30 min
Jul 7, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota46 min
Jul 8, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey58 min
Jul 8, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Jul 8, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota63 min
Jul 8, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.