Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1998, 6:51 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1998, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1998, 7:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, WI
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 200 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 1998 SFC LOW LOCATED OVR W/C MN SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING NERN ROUTE INDICATED BY ETA. CLEAR AREAS IN CLD CVR IN SW PORTION OF CWA CLOSING UP AGAIN... SO FURTHER SFC HTG WILL BE LIMITED. MOST OTHR SVR TSTM PARAMS... BASED ON 13/00Z ETA PROG SOUNDING FOR DLH... APPEAR WK TO MARGINAL... BUT SPC EXTENSION OF SLT RISK INTO OUR SRN TIER OF MN ZONES PRBLY A PRUDENT IDEA. SEE MKCSWOMCD FOR DETAILS. FIRST LINE OF SHRA EXITING ARROWHEAD WITH VORT TROF. RUC/SATL IMGRY SHOWS MAIN VORT MAX OVR SWRN MN... VRY SIMILAR TO 6HR ETA. WTH CURRENT SPEED OF LOW... COOL FNT SHOULD EXIT OUR CWA ARND MIDNIGHT... AND CURRENT ZFP/S DEPICT THIS TIMING WELL... WITH CLEARING IN SRN MN ZONES AND EVENING SHRA/TSRA FRTHR N AND E... THEN DECRSG CLDS OVRNITE AS THETA-E RDG MOVS WELL EAST. CAA BEHND SYSTM WILL BE BRIEF... SO GUIDNC LOWS IN MID-UPR 40S LOOK RSNBL. ERF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 43 min |
| May 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 45 min |
| May 12, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 48 min |
| May 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 30 min |
| May 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 31 min |
| May 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 63 min |
| May 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Washburn | 34 min |
| May 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield | 50 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.