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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2003Benton County, Morrison County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2003, 2:27 AM CDT for Benton County, Morrison County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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 7, 2003, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 070727
SVRMPX
MNC009-097-145-070830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 225 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER BOWLUS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOLEY
  BUCKMAN
  ST JOSEPH
  GENOLA.

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

LAT...LON 4594 9451 4576 9457 4560 9385 4584 9377

$$

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, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas46 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

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.