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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 8, 2000Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2000, 4:57 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Aug 8, 2000, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Ladysmith, WI

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
Aug 8, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 082200
SVRMSP
WIC107-082230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR        
  LADYSMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. POLICE IN LADYSMITH        
  REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TONY
  LADYSMITH
  INGRAM
  HAWKINS
w  GLEN FLORA

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, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix44 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk48 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

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.