Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2002, 4:10 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 24, 2002, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | New Munich, MN | |
| Jun 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Avon, MN |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 KMPX 242110 SVRMSP MNC145-242145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 408 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 408 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW MUNICH...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF LONG PRAIRIE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... ALBANY. AVON. FREEPORT. MELROSE. NEW MUNICH. ST JOSEPH. WAITE PARK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4569 9483 4551 9479 4549 9414 4570 9430 & EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 118 min |
| Jun 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 97 min |
| Jun 24, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.