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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 18, 2002McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 3:31 AM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 14 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
Apr 18, 2002, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 180831
SVRMSP
MNC085-180845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 AM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 331 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF LESTER PRAIRIE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF   
  HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LESTER PRAIRIE.

LAT...LON 4494 9425 4482 9407 4486 9401 4498 9415

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa23 min
Apr 18, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi40 min
Apr 18, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth34 min
Apr 18, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine18 min
Apr 18, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns25 min
Apr 18, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin35 min
Apr 18, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley31 min
Apr 18, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright26 min
Apr 18, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet22 min
Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne28 min
Apr 18, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville39 min
Apr 18, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright30 min
Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti29 min
Apr 18, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley27 min
Apr 18, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur25 min
Apr 18, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Waseca37 min
Apr 18, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott32 min
Apr 18, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker28 min
Apr 18, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas39 min
Apr 18, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin32 min
Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur13 min
Apr 18, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville23 min
Apr 18, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott33 min
Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright27 min
Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne47 min
Apr 18, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey44 min
Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd41 min
Apr 18, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod23 min
Apr 18, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver47 min
Apr 18, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington43 min
Apr 18, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright26 min
Apr 18, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright50 min
Apr 18, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti41 min
Apr 18, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington32 min
Apr 18, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey26 min
Apr 18, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.