Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 1:32 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 7, 2002, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2002, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Baudette, MN | Trees were blown down. |
| Jul 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Waskish, MN | Tree limbs were blown down. |
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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFGF 071832 SVRFAR MNC007-077-071915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 132 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * UNTIL 215 PM CDT. * AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY... SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4838 9510 4821 9504 4830 9404 4855 9411 30 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 47 min |
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.