Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 11, 2002, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wabasha County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Zumbro Falls, 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 110600 SVRLSE MNC157-110700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1259 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF MAZEPPA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR KELLOGG...AND WABASHA AT 150 AM 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 4442 9255 4420 9254 4419 9188 4442 9208 THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 4 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.