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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2003Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2003, 5:29 PM CDT for Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 24, 2003, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

949 
WFUS53 KMPX 242229
TORMPX
MNC121-145-242300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
528 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTPORT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF   
  GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF 
  PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS EAST OF HANKOCK AND WILL BE MOVING INTO 
  SOUTHWEST POPE COUNTY.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD.
  MEIRE GROVE.
  MELROSE.
  NEW MUNICH.
  SAUK CENTRE.
  SEDAN.
  WESTPORT.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

LAT...LON 4567 9547 4554 9529 4562 9470 4577 9481

$$
RJN/BAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison31 min
Jun 23, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas42 min
Jun 24, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan38 min
Jun 24, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott38 min
Jun 24, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington53 min
Jun 24, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens44 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens47 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd43 min
Jun 24, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope34 min
Jun 24, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope26 min
Jun 24, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine25 min
Jun 24, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine40 min
Jun 24, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd49 min
Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns, Todd36 min
Jun 24, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine33 min
Jun 24, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley42 min
Jun 24, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin35 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.