Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 722
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 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, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Wright | 66 min |
| Sep 2, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 63 min |
| Sep 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer, Washburn | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 714 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 15 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.