Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 6:56 PM CDT for Anoka County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 6 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 26, 1998, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anoka County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Maple Lake, MN | |
| Jun 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Elk River, MN | Hailed for 10 minutes. |
| Jun 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ramsey, MN | |
| Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ramsey, MN | |
| Jun 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Andover, MN | |
| Jun 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Big Lake, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KMSP 262355 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC003-141-171-270100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
656 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 655 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
HAIL 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS NEAR ST MICHAEL. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ALBERTVILLE
ELK RIVER
ST FRANCIS
NOWTHEN
RAMSEY
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
BAPWhat 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 26, 1:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
147 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 PM 9 E FAIRMONT MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARTIN
0105 PM 1 S GUCKEEN MN 2 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 FARIBAULT
0140 PM 1 S WINNEBAGO MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 FARIBAULTLocal storm report, Jun 26, 2:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
218 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 2 S WILBERT MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARTIN HAILED ONLY A FEW MINUTES
TDKLocal storm report, Jun 26, 2:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
218 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 2 S WILBERT MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MARTIN HAILED ONLY A FEW MINUTES
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 58 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.