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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 8, 2000Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2000, 12:31 AM CDT for Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 8, 2000, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2000-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1134 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 2000-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

520 
WUUS53 KMPX 080531
SVRMSP
WIC033-109-080615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1231 AM CDT TUE AUG 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1231 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES
  NORTH OF BALDWIN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RICHMOND...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE
  WILSON
  KNAPP
  GLENWOOD CITY
  DOWNING
  BOYCEVILLE
  BALDWIN
  MENOMONIE

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
Aug 8, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk48 min
Aug 8, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk33 min
Aug 8, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk66 min
Aug 8, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron23 min
Aug 8, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk61 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.