Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 7:41 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2000, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barron County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Rice Lake, WI | Numerous trees down. |
| Jul 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Chetek, WI | Power lines 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 17.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 090042 SVRMSP WIC005-090145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 741 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 741 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALSAM LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... TURTLE LAKE RICE LAKE CUMBERLAND COMSTOCK BzARRONETT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AT 738 PM...GOLFBALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CLAM FALLS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW! & MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 46 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.