Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 30, 1998, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 1998, 11:40 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Goodhue County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KMSP 310355 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC049-WIC093-109-310440-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1054 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1140 PM CDT

* AT AT 1050 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ST
  PAUL SOUTH TO FARMINGTON OR  40 MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL.  THE
  STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    RED WING
    ELLSWORTH
    RIVER FALLS
    HUDSON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS.  STAY INDOORS
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
JPR

In the hours 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

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.