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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 2000Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2000, 9:08 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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 25, 2000, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2000-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1668 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 2000-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
1668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 260211
SVRMSP
WIC005-095-107-260300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
908 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  POLK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  RUSK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR 
  CUMBERLAND. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH 
  THROUGH NORTHERN POLK AND BARRON COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF STORMS 
  EXTENDED FROM RICE LAKE TO DRESSER. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TURTLE LAKE
  RICE LAKE
  LADYSMITH
  BARRON

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 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk52 min
Jul 26, 12:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix33 min

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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.