Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 9:57 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 27, 1998, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 27, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 830 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998 NO TIME FOR DISC....SVR WX ATTM. WATCH WILL FOLLOW SOON FOR PARTS OF NWRN MN. ZONES WILL BE UPDATED IN MN THEN. ND ZONES OK FOR NOW. BELLES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 15E PELICAN RAPIDS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 OTTER TAIL 6 INCH TREES DOWN
0945 PM 12E DETROIT LAKES MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BECKER 6-8 INCH TREES DOWN
BELLESLocal storm report, Jun 27, 4:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 15E PELICAN RAPIDS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 OTTER TAIL 6 INCH TREES DOWN
0945 PM 12E DETROIT LAKES MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 BECKER 6-8 INCH TREES DOWN
BELLESLocal storm report, Jun 27, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
955 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0526 PM 4SW HALMA MN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 KITTSON
0535 PM 4SW HALMA MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 KITTSON HAIL DEPTH 3 INCHES
0608 PM BADGER MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98
0620 PM ROSEAU MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 ROSEAU
0630 PM ROSEAU MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 ROSEAU POWER LINES DOWN
0655 PM 1N WARROAD MN 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 ROSEAU
0712 PM 10E WARROAD MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 LAKE OF THE WOODS
0906 PM BEMIDJI MN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 BELTRAMI
0927 PM BEMIDJI MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 BELTRAMI TREES DOWN
BELLESLocal storm report, Jun 27, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
955 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0526 PM 4SW HALMA MN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 KITTSON
0535 PM 4SW HALMA MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 KITTSON HAIL DEPTH 3 INCHES
0608 PM BADGER MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98
0620 PM ROSEAU MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 ROSEAU
0630 PM ROSEAU MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 ROSEAU POWER LINES DOWN
0655 PM 1N WARROAD MN 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 ROSEAU
0712 PM 10E WARROAD MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 LAKE OF THE WOODS
0906 PM BEMIDJI MN 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 BELTRAMI
0927 PM BEMIDJI MN WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 BELTRAMI TREES DOWN
BELLESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 36 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.