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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 2002Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2002, 8:02 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2002, 8:02 AM CDT (13:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Todd County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2002-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 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 2002-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

573 
WUUS53 KMPX 021302
SVRMSP
MNC153-021400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
801 AM CDT MON SEP 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 801 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH LOCATED 29 MILES WEST OF HEWITT...OR
  ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BERTHA.
  BROWERVILLE.
  CLARISSA.
  EAGLE BEND.
  HEWITT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4631 9577 4612 9576 4606 9466 4634 9467

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka47 min
Sep 1, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne33 min
Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.