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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 1998Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1998, 8:59 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1998, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Redwood County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Belview, MNPower lines down. Estimated windspeed.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

253 
WUUS1 KMSP 310200 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC023-067-093-127-129-145-310300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE STORMS FROM 40
  MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO EAST OF MONTEVIDEO...WITH MORE
  STORMS FROM WILLMAR AND LITCHFIELD TO NORTH OF ST CLOUD.  THE
  STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    REDWOOD FALLS
    OLIVIA
    WILLMAR
    LITCHFIELD
    CLARA CITY
    PAYNESVILLE
    ST CLOUD

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
JMP/TDK

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ047-048-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 468 CANCELED FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR STEVENS AND POPE COUNTY OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH
OF THESE COUNTIES.  THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE UNTIL 10 PM.
BAP
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ047-048-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 468 CANCELED FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR STEVENS AND POPE COUNTY OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH
OF THESE COUNTIES.  THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE UNTIL 10 PM.
BAP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift55 min
May 30, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa57 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns45 min
May 30, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle56 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti45 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker62 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine48 min
May 30, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns44 min
May 30, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago64 min
May 30, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine51 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison44 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns61 min
May 30, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine34 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs59 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright58 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley58 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti61 min
May 30, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver37 min
May 30, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin44 min
May 30, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Scott51 min
May 30, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington46 min
May 30, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue46 min
May 30, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca40 min
May 30, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 min
May 30, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.