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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2002Carver County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 10:40 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carver County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2859 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 110340
SVRMSP
MNC019-110430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1038 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES     
  WEST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WATERTOWN.
  VICTORIA.
  WACONIA.
  NEW GERMANY.
  MAYER.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4497 9401 4471 9400 4469 9376 4472 9364
          4487 9358 4487 9375 4495 9380

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright37 min
Jun 10, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin41 min
Jun 10, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota42 min
Jun 11, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice45 min
Jun 11, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Martin4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.