Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2002, 5:47 PM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anoka County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | East Bethel, MN | Few trees down. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 242247 SVRMSP MNC003-242330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 547 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 547 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDOVER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... ANDOVER. EAST BETHEL. HAM LAKE. LAT...LON 4539 9347 4525 9337 4520 9311 4538 9318
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, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 35 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 |
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.