3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 2:55 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 FORECAST CONCERN NEAR TERM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING. SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTHWEST MN/EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL GRUDGINGLY CRAWL EAST INTO WESTERN MN BY LATE TUE AFTN. RIGHT REAR OF 100 KT 250H JET PRODUCING SOLID DIVERGENCE ALOFT COUPLET ACROSS NW CWA THRU ABOUT 03Z TIME PD...AFTER WHICH COUPLET INTENSIFIES FURTHER AND MOVES OVER NORTH CENTRAL CWA. LIS IN INITAL REGION RANGING FROM -5 TO -7...DPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH BEST THETA E ADVECTION ALSO IN PLAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LAST INTO AT LEAST EARLY EVENING...WITH OUTSIDE CHANCE OF CONTINUATION ACROSS EXTREME N CENTRAL CWA INTO 03Z TIME PD. AFTER 00Z STRONGER THETA E ADVECTION SETS UP FIRST OVER SOUTHERN CWA AND THEN QUICKLY ADVECTS NE INTO EAST CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER 05Z. QPF 24HR TOTALS GIVING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND 2.5 INCHES...COUPLED WITH 30 TO 35 KT 850 JET OVER AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY INSISTS ON KEEPING FLOOD WATCH IN PLAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY FINALLY MAKES IT THROUGH MN AND W CENTRAL WI BY EARLY THURSDAY...WITH 50H TROF IN ITS WAKE KEEPING US WET LATE THU. AFTER THAT ZONAL FLOW RETURNS WITH A FEW FAST MOVING IMPULSES BRINGING CHANCE OF PCPN ON FRI AND SATURDAY. AFTER SATURDAY LOOKS DRY AS THE GOBI AS 50H RIDGE BUILDS OVER UPPER MIDWEST INTO TUESDAY. .MSP...FLOOD WATCH MN CWA TONIGHT.
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 701 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO HUTCHINSON...TO MANKATO...TO FAIRMONT. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ONE OR TWO TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER...THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. SEE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER IOWA AND NEBRASKA...AND MAINTAIN A FLOW OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH...MAINLY THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UNDER A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. JPR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1255 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM 5 W DONNELLY MN 0.75 IN HAIL
06/23/03 STEVENS
1242 PM 10 W DONNELLY MN 1.75 IN HAIL
06/23/03 STEVENS
PIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0132 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0132 PM GARFIELD MN 0.75 IN HAIL
06/23/03 DOUGLAS
0131 PM LOWRY MN 0.75 IN HAIL
06/23/03 POPE
PIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0157 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0154 PM 4 NE OSAKIS MN 0.75 IN HAIL
06/23/03 TODD
PIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0224 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM 4 N BROWERVILLE MN 0.88 IN HAIL
06/23/03 TODD
PIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0400 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM NEW LONDON MN 1.00 IN HAIL
06/23/03 KANDIYOHI
PIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0427 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM BRANDON MN 0 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/23/03 DOUGLAS WIND SPEED UNKNOWN. TREES
2 FEET IN DIAMETER BLOWN
DOWN. 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
IN 30 MINUTES.
PIThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred in northern portion of county. New London recieved three inches of rain in 30 minutes. Parking lots and interesctions were flooded in Spicer.
County wide flooding. Several inches of rainfall. Highway 27 was flooded northwest of Kensington. Street flooding and roads under water in Alexandria and Nelson.
Several secondary and township roads washed out. Highway 71 between Browerville and Long Prairie was under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5361656, 5361657, 5361658.