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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 2003Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2003, 1:11 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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 23, 2003, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

815 
WUUS53 KMPX 231811
SVRMPX
MNC041-231900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
111 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 111 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENSINGTON...OR ABOUT
  18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA.
  BRANDON.
  KENSINGTON.
  GARFIELD.

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

LAT...LON 4589 9584 4573 9577 4579 9515 4609 9517
          4608 9553

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope37 min
Jun 22, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs35 min
Jun 22, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker41 min
Jun 22, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker24 min
Jun 22, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker22 min
Jun 23, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur48 min
Jun 23, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood42 min
Jun 23, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope40 min
Jun 23, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd41 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi33 min
Jun 23, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi35 min
Jun 23, 4:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns113 min
Jun 23, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns63 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker30 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville24 min
Jun 23, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville14 min
Jun 23, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker28 min
Jun 23, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville31 min
Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas, Todd2 hr
Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.