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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 2003Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 3:05 PM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 28, 2003, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2003-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 282005 CCA
SVRMPX
MNC009-145-282045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
303 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 303 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS 2 MILES NORTH OF RICE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ST
  CLOUD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOLEY.
  RICE.
  RONNEBY.
  SARTELL.
  SAUK RAPIDS.
  ST STEPHEN.
  WAITE PARK.
  ST CLOUD.

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

LAT...LON 4575 9443 4555 9424 4565 9379 4582 9415

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns41 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.