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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 1998McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1998, 10:08 PM CDT for McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 23, 1998, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 10:15 PM CDTHail 1Winsted, MNLarge branches down with some crop damage.
Jun 23, 10:15 PM CDTHail 1Rice Lake, MN
Jun 23, 11:10 PM CDTHail 1.25Waverly, 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 00:00Z, 3.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

704 
WUUS1 KMSP 240310 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC085-171-240400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1008 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL NEAR WINSTED OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON.  THE STORM
  WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    WINSTED
    SHERMAN
    HOWARD LAKE
    MONTROSE

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


JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright49 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.