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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 2002Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2002, 9:08 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4448 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 260208
SVRMSP
WIC107-260300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEYERHAEUSER...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRUCE.
  WEYERHAEUSER.
  LADYSMITH.
  CONRATH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4539 9153 4530 9151 4530 9099 4555 9122

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix30 min
Jun 25, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa41 min
Jun 25, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix56 min
Jun 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa60 min
Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce38 min
Jun 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn46 min
Jun 25, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa4 hr
Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce41 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin37 min
Jun 25, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn3 hr
Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.