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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2003Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2003, 9:36 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5332 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 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
5332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
7.4
Supercell composite
34.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 250236
TORMPX
MNC053-250300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 935 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANOVER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST 
  OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD
  WAS REPORTED NEAR GREENFIELD IN NORTHWEST HENNEPIN COUNTY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROOKLYN PARK.
  MAPLE GROVE.
  LORETTO.
  HASSEN.
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

LAT...LON 4518 9364 4513 9370 4501 9369 4512 9329
          4524 9352

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope38 min
Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley48 min
Jun 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker31 min
Jun 24, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright38 min
Jun 24, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns49 min
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi30 min
Jun 24, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWright23 min
Jun 24, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs36 min
Jun 24, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley49 min
Jun 24, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns32 min
Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright3 hr
Jun 24, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker36 min
Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne, Wright48 min
Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville3 hr
Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa41 min
Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine38 min
Jun 24, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago46 min
Jun 24, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle35 min
Jun 24, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville49 min
Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago47 min
Jun 24, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin, Wright31 min
Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift43 min
Jun 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville29 min
Jun 24, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChisago116 min
Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville33 min
Jun 24, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod31 min
Jun 24, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin33 min
Jun 24, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more4 hr
Jun 24, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington49 min
Jun 25, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan33 min
Jun 25, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley44 min
Jun 25, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Wright34 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.