Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 5:31 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2002, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mower County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Waltham, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 272231 SVRLSE MNC099-272330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 531 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR AUSTIN AT 545 PM CDT... NEAR BROWNSDALE AT 605 PM CDT... NEAR ROSE CREEK AT 620 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. LAT...LON 4385 9305 4361 9306 4356 9248 4384 9249 MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.