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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 557

July 8, 200023 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Washburn County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin59 min
Jul 8, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison54 min
Jul 8, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail30 min
Jul 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis67 min
Jul 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail47 min
Jul 8, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMorrison, Todd5 hr
Jul 8, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPine46 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett60 min
Jul 9, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDLHPine4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2000-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3971 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 2000-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
3971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
17.7

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Columbia, Dodge, Eau Claire and 14 more3 hr

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.