Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2002, 7:51 PM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cosmos, MN | |
| Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hutchinson, MN | Few trees down. |
| Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hutchinson, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 250051 SVRMSP MNC085-093-250130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 749 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 749 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER COSMOS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... CEDAR MILLS. CORVUSO WINSTED COSMOS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4498 9472 4491 9471 4490 9424 4496 9407
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Wright | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Meeker | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Meeker, Wright | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 64 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.