Tornado Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 24, 2003, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Swift County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KMPX 250202
TORMPX
MNC023-067-151-250245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 901 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
  ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR.
  BLOOMKEST.
  BENSON.

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

LAT...LON 4508 9584 4488 9558 4493 9508 4500 9482
          4535 9480

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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.