Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1998, 10:39 PM CDT for Dakota County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 14 reports 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, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1998, 11:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dakota County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:49 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Burnsville, MN | Brick wall blown in at retail center. 2000 trees blown down. Indoor mall sustained $1 million in damage. 3 homes destroyed. Numerous trees down. Damage estimate for entire county. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Eagan, MN | 10 homes with major structural damage. 1500 trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Apple Vly, MN | 2000 trees blown over. 1500 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Farmington, MN | Measured at intersection of Pilot Knob Rd and 193rd Street. |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | West St Paul, MN | 600 trees blown over. Roof off apartment building. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Lakeville, MN | Large trees blown down. Structural damage to homes. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 67 | St Paul, MN | About 2700 trees blown down. 6 homes needed to be condemned, mostly in Highland Park area. Measured at St Paul Airport. |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | South St Paul, MN | Mobile home flipped over. Structural damage at apartment complex. 30 homes damaged. Amphibean airplane flipped over. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | 2000 trees blown over. 20 homes damaged. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Rosemount, MN | Power knocked out to local refinery. Damage to apartment building. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Hastings, MN | 400 trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Woodbury, MN | Roofs off houses. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Cottage Grove, MN | 1000 trees lost. 29 homes uninhabitable. 548 homes sustained damage. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Hastings, MN | Trees down and buildings damaged. Barn destroyed near Vermillion. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732
WUUS1 KMSP 310340 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC037-123-163-310425-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1125 PM CDT
* AT 1035 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE STORM
WITH DAMAGING WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF
MINNEAPOLIS DOWN TO SAVAGE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ST PAUL
STILLWATER
HASTINGS
FARMINGTON
EAGAN
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
JPRWhat 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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 55 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 57 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 56 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 62 min |
| May 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 44 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns | 61 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 61 min |
| May 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 59 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Wright | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 58 min |
| May 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 61 min |
| May 30, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 37 min |
| May 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 44 min |
| May 30, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 51 min |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 40 min |
| May 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 30, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.