Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2002, 12:46 PM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2002, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2002, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Sartell, MN | Numerous trees down, including some that were 15 inches in diameter. Several trees were toppled across County Road 2 and at the intersection of County roads 2 and 4. Some trees fell onto sheds. |
| Jul 27, 12:53 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rice, MN | |
| Jul 27, 12:53 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Rice, MN | Scattered trees down. |
| Jul 27, 1:07 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 M | Gilman, MN | Numerous trees down. Outbuildings down. |
| Jul 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Gilman, MN | |
| Jul 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 E | Foley, MN | Roof off house. House was also moved 5 feet off its foundation. Trees down. Sheds and pole barns down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530 WUUS53 KMPX 271746 SVRMSP MNC009-145-271830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1244 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1244 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF RICE TO 11 MILES WEST OF LAKE HENRY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS TO 21 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... ALBANY. FOLEY. SAUK RAPIDS. ST CLOUD. SARTELL. GILMAN. COLD SPRING. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ BINAU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 42 min |
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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.