Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 5:39 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 16, 1998, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 6:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | St Paul, 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768
WUUS1 KMSP 162241 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC123-162310-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
539 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 610 PM CDT
* AT 528 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE STORM
WITH LARGE HAIL NEAR ROSEVILLE OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST PAUL.
THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ROSEVILLE
ST PAUL
MAPLEWOOD
FALCON HEIGHTS
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
TIPTONWhat 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM CLARKS GROVE MN TORNADO
06/15/98 FREEBORN TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
5 MILES THROUGH FARM
FIELDS ACCORDING TO COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0453 PM FREEDHEM MN WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MORRISON SPOTTER REPORTED TREES
DOWN JUST NORTH OF
FREEDHEM
0748 PM ROBERTS WI 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 ST CROIX HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER
REPORTED JUST EAST OF
ROBERTS.
0810 PM HUDSON WI 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 ST CROIX SOUTH SIDE OF HUDSON
0825 PM HAUGEN WI WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 BARRON TREES DOWN IN HAUGEN AND
OTHER PARTS OF NORTHERN
BARRON COUNTY.
0850 PM WOODBURY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 WASHINGTON REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERLocal storm report, Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
230 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM CLARKS GROVE MN TORNADO
06/15/98 FREEBORN TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
5 MILES THROUGH FARM
FIELDS ACCORDING TO COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0453 PM FREEDHEM MN WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MORRISON SPOTTER REPORTED TREES
DOWN JUST NORTH OF
FREEDHEM
0748 PM ROBERTS WI 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 ST CROIX HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER
REPORTED JUST EAST OF
ROBERTS.
0810 PM HUDSON WI 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 ST CROIX SOUTH SIDE OF HUDSON
0825 PM HAUGEN WI WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 BARRON TREES DOWN IN HAUGEN AND
OTHER PARTS OF NORTHERN
BARRON COUNTY.
0850 PM WOODBURY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 WASHINGTON REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 33 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.