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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 11, 2000Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 2000, 4:16 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 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
Sep 11, 2000, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Dunn County, WI

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 11, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2000-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 112116
TORMSP

WIC033-112130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ELK MOUND...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED
  ROTATION IN THE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SAME AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  ELK MOUND...

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix46 min
Sep 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa42 min
Sep 10, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire41 min
Sep 10, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix53 min
Sep 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire62 min
Sep 10, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire32 min
Sep 10, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire48 min
Sep 11, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire2 hr
Sep 11, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn, Pierce81 min
Sep 11, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce2 hr
Sep 11, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pierce, Saint Croix47 min
Sep 11, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn36 min
Sep 11, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire49 min
Sep 11, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn19 min
Sep 11, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk42 min
Sep 11, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.