Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Menomonie, 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 3 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.