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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2002Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2002, 5:09 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2002, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2002-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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 2002-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 242209
SVRMSP
MNC141-171-242300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
508 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 508 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEARWATER...OR ABOUT
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BECKER.
  BIG LAKE.
  CLEARWATER
  MONTICELLO.

LAT...LON 4552 9403 4528 9410 4521 9373 4550 9358

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington38 min
Jun 24, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns35 min
Jun 24, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns118 min
Jun 24, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChisago, Isanti97 min
Jun 24, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka43 min

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.