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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 2002Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2002, 9:29 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunn County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Menomonie, WI

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 260229
SVRMSP
WIC033-260315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 928 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENOMONIE...TO 
  10 MILES SOUTH OF MENOMONIE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  COLFAX.
  ELK MOUND.
  MENOMONIE.
  TAINTER LAKE.
  WHEELER.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4507 9193 4470 9211 4469 9167 4520 9168

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, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.