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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 1, 2002Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2002, 10:36 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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: Sep 1, 2002, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2002, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kanabec County, MN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 1, 10:40 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Woodland, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

438 
WUUS53 KMPX 011536
SVRMSP
MNC065-011615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 AM CDT SUN SEP 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1035 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL OVER KANABEC COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF MORA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF MORA. 

LAT...LON 4606 9347 4588 9342 4595 9317 4614 9305
          4615 9334

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	39 min
Sep 1, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	46 min
Sep 1, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	40 min
Sep 1, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	28 min
Sep 1, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	53 min
Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	51 min
Sep 1, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	44 min
Sep 1, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	61 min
Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	62 min
Sep 1, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	62 min
Sep 1, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Sibley	49 min
Sep 1, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs	44 min
Sep 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	61 min
Sep 1, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne	51 min
Sep 1, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota	50 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.