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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 9, 2000Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2000, 11:11 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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 9, 2000, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EFairmont, MNRose Lake Golf club east of Fairmont reported 25 trees down, and 53 large trees were downed 4 miles east of Fairmont.
Jul 9, 11:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EBlue Earth, MNTrees and 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3029 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
3029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn62 min
Jul 9, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault28 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.