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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 2003Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2003, 8:45 AM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 24, 2003, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

523 
WUUS53 KFSD 241345
SVRFSD
MNC101-241415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
845 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FULDA AROUND 850 AM CDT

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4420 9584 4384 9582 4387 9547 4421 9549

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood31 min
Jun 24, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone50 min
Jun 24, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon42 min
Jun 24, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln26 min
Jun 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.