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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 27, 2002Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 4:27 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
May 27, 2002, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Steele County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 4:32 PM CDTHail 0.88Hope, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 272127
SVRMSP
MNC147-272215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
426 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWATONNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HOPE.
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE.

AT 415 PM THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 3 MILES WEST OF 
OWATONNA BY THE STEELE COUNTY SHERIFF. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 
STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 4411 9335 4396 9341 4386 9309 4406 9308

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele38 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele17 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.