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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 22, 2003Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
May 22, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
44 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), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2003-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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 222246
SVRMPX
MNC041-222330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS AND WEATHER RADAR REPORTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH 7/8 INCH HAIL OVER CARLOS...OR ABOUT    
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA.
  CARLOS.
  MILTONA.
  NELSON.

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

LAT...LON 4609 9543 4580 9545 4578 9516 4609 9518

&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope37 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.