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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 2002Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2002, 6:17 PM CDT for Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 25, 2002, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-599 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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 252317
SVRMSP
MNC009-095-260000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL OVER FORESTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILACA...        
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.   GOLFALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR GILMAN. 
  
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FOLEY.
  FORESTON.
  GILMAN.
  MILACA.
  PEASE.
  RONNEBY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4578 9418 4559 9403 4570 9360 4582 9366

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright58 min
Jun 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright33 min
Jun 24, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker39 min
Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright60 min
Jun 24, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright3 hr
Jun 24, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle49 min
Jun 24, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright42 min
Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Wright35 min
Jun 24, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMeeker5 hr
Jun 24, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa52 min
Jun 24, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Meeker, Wright4 hr
Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker44 min
Jun 25, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, McLeod2 hr
Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec40 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec47 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti50 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.