Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2003, 11:21 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 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, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2003, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
All 23 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 5332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 7.4
- Supercell composite
- 34.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KMPX 250424
FFWMPX
MNC003-009-019-023-025-037-053-059-067-085-093-095-123-129-139-141-
143-145-151-163-171-WIC095-109-250815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1121 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 1121 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN
THE WARNED AREA. WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4557 9255 4493 9255 4469 9326 4475 9427
4460 9508 4527 9588 4555 9455 4572 9381
$$
EDWARDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chisago | 116 min |
| Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Polk | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2003Every flash flood 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.