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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336

May 26, 20024 counties in Minnesota; 37 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 37 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Door County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Portage County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo72 min
May 26, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau38 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningARXTrempealeau32 min
May 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson56 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin32 min
May 26, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo33 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.