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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 685

August 14, 200010 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 14, 2000, 1:15 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2000, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin43 min
Aug 14, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass30 min
Aug 14, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard32 min
Aug 14, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Itasca63 min
Aug 14, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass41 min
Aug 14, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami28 min
Aug 14, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Itasca28 min
Aug 14, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis63 min
Aug 14, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCrow Wing36 min
Aug 14, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin43 min
Aug 14, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass23 min
Aug 14, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas55 min
Aug 14, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis31 min
Aug 14, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing30 min
Aug 14, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Pine49 min
Aug 14, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin52 min
Aug 14, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield67 min
Aug 14, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas23 min
Aug 14, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine39 min
Aug 14, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas56 min
Aug 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Sawyer, Washburn61 min
Aug 14, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine61 min
Aug 14, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price57 min

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-08-14Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Aug 13, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKittson5 hr
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 17 more5 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.