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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2002Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2002, 10:55 PM CDT for Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 24, 2002, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, Wright County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 11:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EDelano, MNFew trees down.
Jun 24, 11:15 PM CDTTornado F1Delano, MNTornado touched down briefly, knocking down trees and damaging two houses. One house had a roof blown off while the other had damage to siding and shingles.

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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2853 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 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 250355
TORMSP
MNC019-171-250430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1054 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF
  HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  MAYER.
  MONTROSE.
  WATERTOWN.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4513 9384 4503 9405 4483 9390 4486 9374

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright58 min
Jun 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright33 min
Jun 24, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker39 min
Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright60 min
Jun 24, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright3 hr
Jun 24, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle49 min
Jun 24, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright42 min
Jun 24, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMeeker5 hr
Jun 24, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa52 min
Jun 24, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Meeker, Wright4 hr
Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker44 min
Jun 25, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, McLeod2 hr
Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec40 min
Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs43 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec47 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti50 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle64 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.