Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT for Anoka County, Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 26, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 26.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 270024 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC003-025-270115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
724 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR ANDOVER OR 25 MILES NORTH OF
MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH.
AT 720 PM PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF
ANDOVER. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HAM LAKE
EAST BETHEL
WYOMING
STACY
CHISAGO CITY
LINDSTROM
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
BAP
&The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns, Todd | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Le Sueur, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
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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.