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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 10, 2002Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2002, 1:07 AM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2002, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2002, 1:40 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chisago County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2002-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1008 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

707 
WFUS53 KMPX 100607
TORMSP
MNC025-100640-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
106 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 140 AM CDT

* AT 106 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF NORTH BRANCH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  BRANCH.
  HARRIS.
  NORTH BRANCH.
  SUNRISE.

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

LAT...LON 4561 9304 4542 9300 4550 9276 4557 9290
          4568 9290

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 12:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne29 min
Sep 10, 12:44 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti31 min
Sep 10, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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.