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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2002Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 5:50 PM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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 10, 2002, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1887 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 102250
SVRMSP
MNC149-151-102345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS     
  FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MORRIS TO APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25  
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALBERTA.
  MORRIS.
  HANCOCK.
  DONNELLY.
  APPLETON.
  HOLLOWAY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4543 9650 4526 9632 4529 9580 4577 9585

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.