Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2003, 6:24 PM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota; Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 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
- Jul 14, 2003, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889
WUUS53 KMPX 142324
SVRMPX
MNC025-WIC095-150030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
624 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYOMING...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAMBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMERY.
BALSAM LAKE.
STACY.
LINDSTROM.
TAYLOR FALLS.
OSCEOLA.
DRESSER.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4541 9302 4537 9303 4531 9302 4529 9268
4522 9265 4523 9218 4526 9217 4540 9218
4551 9217
$$
SEB/PIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.