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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 4, 2003Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 2:34 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 4, 2003, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2003, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-708 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 040734
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-171-040815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
234 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 234 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING
  WINDS 7 MILES WEST OF CLEARWATER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF ST
  CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO.
  FOLEY.
  ELK RIVER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4504 9413 4529 9426 4533 9412 4542 9405
          4553 9421 4574 9393 4569 9375 4557 9372
          4544 9352 4503 9388

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift62 min
Jul 4, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope42 min
Jul 4, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin53 min
Jul 4, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift51 min
Jul 4, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan60 min
Jul 4, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd50 min
Jul 4, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Yellow Medicine59 min
Jul 4, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jul 4, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Nicollet47 min
Jul 4, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, McLeod, Sibley50 min
Jul 4, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood30 min
Jul 4, 2:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet36 min
Jul 4, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca51 min
Jul 4, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs47 min
Jul 4, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sibley57 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.