7 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 24, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003 FORECAST CONCERN NEAR TERM...CONT SVR POTENTIAL AND MORE FLOODING. IN THE SHORTER TERM TWO AREAS TO BE CONCERNED WITH. FIRST ACRS SW INTO WC MN VCNTY NRLY STNRY SFC FNT WHERE CONVECTION CURRENTLY FIRING. STG DEEP 0-6 KM SHEAR ACRS THIS AREA WITH WRM AND UNSTBL AIR FEEDING NORTH INTO AREA. OTHER AREA IS SC MN WHERE VGP VALUES AT .4 AND SBLI ARND B12 SOUTH OF BNCRY WHICHIS BGNNG TO MV NORTH WITH INCRSG LOW LVL WND FIELD S OF FNT AND SUNSHINE N OF SFC FNT. WITH CONT HEATING THE CIN VALUES SHUD CONT TO DCRS AS 850 MB THETA E ADVECTION INCRSG. MUCH OF CWA (ESP MN PTN) SHUD BE ACTIVE TNGHT AS FORCING INCRS AHD OF SHRTWV AND UPPER DIVG ALSO INCRS OVERNITE IN LEFT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. VERY JUICY AMS WITH K INDEX IN UPPER 30S AND PWATS UP ARND 2 INCHES. WL CONT FFA ACRS N 2/3 MN CWA MUCH OF WHICH RCVD R+ LAST COUPLE DAYS. ALSO CONT FLW FOR TODD...MORRISON...DOUGLAS COUNTIES WHICH CONT TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY. IN THE LONGER TERM...THE ETA CONTS TO SLOW EWRD PROGRESSION OF SFC FNT AS IT PARALLELS UPPER WINDS. PRBLY ANOTHER DAY OF ACTIVE TSTMS MAINLY E HALF CWA ON WED WITH AMS STILL VERY JUICY AND UPPER TROF APRCHG. FINALLY A BREAK THURS...BUT RATHER COLD MID LVL TEMPS MAY STILL CAUSE A FEW SHWRS INTO FRI. .MSP...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LAKEVILLE. BAP
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-251100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 703 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 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 NEAR BENSON...TO ST.CLOUD... AND MANKATO. 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 A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. SEE FLOOD WATCH PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOUND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR RICE LAKE WISCONSIN TO WASECA MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0432 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM CYRUS MN 1.00 IN HAIL
06/24/03 POPE REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT
AEBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0435 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0434 PM 5 W STARBUCK MN 1.50 IN HAIL
06/24/03 POPE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
AEBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0449 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM 5 W STARBUCK MN 1.75 IN HAIL
06/24/03 POPE FIRE DEPT OFFICIAL
AJZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0455 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM GLENWOOD MN 0.88 IN HAIL
06/24/03 POPE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
AEBMNC053-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 612 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003 AT 610 PM PERSONNEL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN WAS VIEWING A ROTATING WALL CLOUD OVER LAKE MINNETONKA HEADING NORTH. THERE HAS BEEN NO OBSERVATION OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN THE CITIES OF PLYMOUTH AND HASSEN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER. EDWARDS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
0728 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM STARBUCK MN 1.75 IN HAIL
06/24/03 POPE
AJZThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:49 UTC.
7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This was the first of five tornadoes from one supercell in Kandiyohi County, all of which were videotaped by a storm chaser. This first tornado touched down briefly in an open field.
The second of five tornadoes touched down in an open field.
The third tornado in a series also touched down in an open field. A few trees downed.
The fourth tornado was another brief touchdown in an open field.
The fifth and final tornado from the same supercell moved straight north for two miles, then turned and moved from east to west for one mile as it roped out. During its northward trek, it damaged three farmsteads, knocking down sheds, outbuildings and trees. While traveling west, it moved across corn and bean fields.
This was the sixth tornado on this day to touch down in Kandiyohi County, although the other five tornadoes were from a different supercell. This tornado tore across open fields then moved into Meeker County at 1916 CST. A few trees were felled.
This tornado originated in Kandiyohi County, moving into Meeker County at 1916 CST. It tracked across open fields, damaging only a few trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 2003Warnings 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: 5362649, 5362650, 5362651, 5362652, 5362653, 5362108, 5362109.