Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 10:41 PM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 7, 2002, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:41 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Alexandria, MN | Few trees down across power lines. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009 WUUS53 KMPX 080341 SVRMSP MNC041-153-080430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1040 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1040 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLOS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... BROWERVILLE. CARLOS. CLARISSA. EAGLE BEND. MILTONA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4598 9540 4585 9521 4613 9471 4628 9491
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.