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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 30, 2002Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2002, 5:04 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2002, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chippewa County, WI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 30, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2002-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 784 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 2002-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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.

567 
WUUS53 KMPX 302204
SVRMSP
WIC017-302230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
504 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 504 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE WISSOTA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CHIPPEWA FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BOYD.
  CADOTT.
  CORNELL.
  LAKE WISSOTA.
  STANLEY.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4500 9143 4487 9127 4495 9092 4530 9095

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.