Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 10:21 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrison County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Pierz, MN | Trees felled. |
| Jul 8, 11:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Little Falls, MN | Trees blown down. |
| Jul 8, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Flensburg, 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 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 090322 SVRMSP MNC097-090415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1021 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1115PM CDT * AT 1021 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES WEST OF RANDALL... OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... LITTLE FALLS RANDALL PIERZ GENOLA FLENSBURG THIS IS A DHANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 5 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.