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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 2003Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2003-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-643 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

533 
WUUS53 KMPX 142051
SVRMPX
MNC145-142145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 350 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOTEN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBANY.
  ELROSA.
  SPRING HILL.
  GREENWALD.
  ST MARTIN.
  LAKE HENRY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4566 9513 4544 9513 4540 9420 4570 9422

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker47 min
Jul 14, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne37 min
Jul 14, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne30 min
Jul 14, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright52 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns, Wright63 min
Jul 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne61 min
Jul 14, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago66 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington61 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.