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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2003Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT for Stevens 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 22, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2003, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, MN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

826 
WUUS53 KMPX 222245
SVRMPX
MNC149-222315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHOKIO...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERTA.
  CHOKIO.
  DONNELLY.
  MORRIS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 4575 9625 4554 9623 4556 9577 4575 9578

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas36 min
Jun 22, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas46 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.