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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 469

June 25, 2002Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan; 12 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 25, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan; 12 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Washington County, MN, Barron County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Sawyer64 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett62 min
Jun 25, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti25 min
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago33 min
Jun 25, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTOntonagon58 min
Jun 25, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Washington41 min
Jun 25, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn47 min
Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix30 min
Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHWashburn44 min
Jun 25, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti40 min
Jun 25, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer57 min
Jun 25, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa41 min
Jun 25, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix56 min
Jun 25, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron, Price59 min
Jun 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa60 min
Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce38 min
Jun 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk52 min
Jun 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer32 min
Jun 25, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida65 min
Jun 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn46 min
Jun 25, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa4 hr
Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice50 min
Jun 25, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBOneida42 min
Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce41 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Taylor67 min
Jun 25, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn3 hr
Jun 25, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2002-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 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 2002-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-599 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 21 more6 hr
Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 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.