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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 2003Lincoln County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2003, 5:34 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

246 
WFUS53 KFSD 242234
TORFSD
MNC081-242300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
534 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES EAST OF
  HENDRICKS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF MINNEOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
RURAL LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 550 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 4449 9644 4447 9609 4462 9610 4463 9645

$$

08

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, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray30 min
Jun 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.