Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2002, 8:05 PM CDT for Anoka County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 25, 2002, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Isanti County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | St Francis, 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 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 4448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 260105 SVRMSP MNC003-059-260145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 804 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST FRANCIS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... BETHEL. ISANTI. ST FRANCIS. EAST BETHEL. LAT...LON 4553 9351 4538 9350 4538 9307 4559 9344
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.