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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1998Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 6:15 PM CDT for Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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 16, 1998, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

027 
WUUS1 KMSP 162318 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC109-162350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 650 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL NORTH OF BALDWIN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF
  MENOMONIE.  THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    GENWOOD CITY
    EMERALD
    OPEN AREAS IN CENTRAL ST CROIX COUNTY

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL.  STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.


TIPTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron36 min
Jun 15, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix34 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce50 min
Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron35 min
Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix34 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk60 min
Jun 16, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.