Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 924
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 17, 2003, 1:10 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2003, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 34 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Koochiching, Mahnomen and 5 more | 105 min |
| Sep 17, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 21 more | 86 min |
| Sep 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater and 24 more | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.