Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2003, 10:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 2, 2003, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
050 WUUS53 KMPX 030314 SVRMPX MNC041-153-030415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1014 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA. 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...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4611 9572 4578 9574 4577 9516 4611 9512 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 49 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.