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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 2003Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2003, 9:17 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 24, 2003, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 250217
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-250300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
915 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 915 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 8 MILES WEST OF BLUE EARTH...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST CHAIN.
  PILOT GORVE.
  BLUE EARTH.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4370 9431 4353 9439 4335 9380 4358 9369

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd38 min
Aug 25, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas38 min
Aug 25, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison44 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.