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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2002Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 6:24 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 775 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 102324
SVRMSP
MNC121-110030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CYRUS   
  EXTENDING SOUTH TO HANCOCK...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  MORE STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR STARBUCK AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  STARBUCK.  

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FARWELL.
  GLENWOOD.
  LONG BEACH.
  LOWRY.
  SEDAN.
  STARBUCK.
  VILLARD.

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

LAT...LON 4575 9575 4544 9557 4557 9517 4575 9529

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift55 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.