Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2003, 12:32 AM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 3, 2003, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Sherburne County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
314
WUUS53 KMPX 030532
SVRMPX
MNC003-053-141-030630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1230 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1230 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...EXTENDING FROM ZIMMERMAN TO JUST NORTH OF ELK
RIVER...TO JUST NORTH OF BUFFALO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. EXPECT WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST FRANCIS.
ANOKA.
ELK RIVER.
MAPLE GROVE.
GREENFIELD.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4554 9380 4540 9380 4527 9351 4502 9349
4538 9307 4538 9348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 61 min |
| 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, 12:35 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.