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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 5, 2002Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 5, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2002-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2002-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

507 
WFUS53 KMPX 052145
TORMSP
MNC043-052215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
445 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO
  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELMORE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE
  EARTH...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  BLUE EARTH.
  ELMORE.
  FROST.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

LAT...LON 4347 9389 4365 9392 4364 9426 4341 9421

&

Nearby

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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.