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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 6, 2003Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2003, 8:14 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2003, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2301 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 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 070114
SVRMPX
MNC041-070200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
812 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER         
  BRANDON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING       
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA.
  CARLOS.
  MILTONA.
  GARFIELD.
  FORADA.  

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY AND WILL 
MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

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 4610 9569 4577 9569 4576 9514 4610 9515

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStevens29 min
Jul 6, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas52 min
Jul 6, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd63 min
Jul 7, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd34 min
Jul 7, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault34 min
Jul 7, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi45 min
Jul 7, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca51 min
Jul 7, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns63 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.