Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2002, 12:29 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. 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
- Sep 1, 2002, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pope County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Glenwood, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600 WUUS53 KMPX 011729 SVRMSP MNC121-011815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1228 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1226 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER STARBUCK. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... GLENWOOD. LONG BEACH. STARBUCK. VILLARD. WESTPORT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4572 9570 4548 9569 4561 9515 4576 9517
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 39 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
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.