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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 1, 1998Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1998, 8:36 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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 1, 1998, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1998, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

285 
WUUS1 KMSP 020137 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC153-020235-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 935 PM CDT

* AT 835 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM JUST
  SOUTHWEST OF WADENA OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.  THE
  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
  PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN EASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    HEWITT
    BERTH
    STAPLES
    PHILBROOK

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


MBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd28 min
Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas33 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.