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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 1998Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1998, 7:03 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
Jun 11, 1998, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1998, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Providence, MNHailed for 10 minutes.
Jun 11, 7:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Clarkfield, MNHailed for 10 minutes.
Jun 11, 7:10 PM CDTHail 1Providence, MN

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 nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1998-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1998-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214233253272292Sfc1 km3 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
266 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

511 
WUUS1 KMSP 120005 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC073-173-120050-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 750 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL NEAR DAWSON OR 10 MILES WEST OF MONTEVIDEO.  THE STORM WAS
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    BOYD
    CLARKVILLE
    HAZEL RUN
    GRANITE FALLS

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville45 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.