Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 11:09 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Rock County, Minnesota; Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2002, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315
WUUS53 KFSD 030409
SVRFSD
MNC117-133-SDC101-030445-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1108 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF JASPER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST
OF TRENT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JASPER AROUND 1115 PM CDT
PIPESTONE AROUND 1125 PM CDT
EDGERTON AROUND 1140 PM CDT
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4394 9664 4385 9663 4385 9646 4380 9645
4378 9609 4403 9610The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.