Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 1998Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1998, 5:42 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 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 18, 1998, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1998, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 1998-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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 1998-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

974 
WUUS1 KMSP 182245 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC017-035-182345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
542 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH
  DAMAGING WINDS RANGING FROM 60 TO 75 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
  SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF DURAND TO JUST
  SOUTH OF WHITEHALL.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    EAU CLAIRE
    FAIRCHILD
    AUGUSTA
    CHIPPEWA FALLS
    STANLEY

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

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce23 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.