Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 102
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 16, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT for 52 counties in Minnesota; 23 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washburn County, WI
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 56 min |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Grant | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.