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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 2002Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2002, 11:20 AM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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 27, 2002, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 11:25 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EStarbuck, MNTrees down.
Jul 27, 11:35 AM CDTHail 1Starbuck, MN
Jul 27, 12:05 PM CDTHail 1Sedan, 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

249 
WUUS53 KMPX 271620
SVRMSP
MNC121-271700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1120 AM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1120 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF
  MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD.
  LONG BEACH.
  SEDAN.
  STARBUCK.
  VILLARD.
  WESTPORT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4565 9567 4548 9567 4550 9515 4576 9516

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens30 min
Jul 27, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stearns43 min
Jul 27, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison50 min
Jul 27, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns44 min
Jul 27, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi49 min
Jul 27, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs50 min
Jul 27, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison30 min
Jul 27, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec45 min
Jul 27, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns40 min
Jul 27, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi45 min
Jul 27, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright47 min
Jul 27, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago42 min
Jul 27, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker43 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright50 min
Jul 27, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington38 min
Jul 27, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.