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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 633

July 31, 200034 counties in Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 31, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for 34 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 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, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wright County, MN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis58 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2000-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1966 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 2000-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston and 5 more6 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.