Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 11:53 PM CDT for Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Hudson, WI |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 270453 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC095-109-270600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1153 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1153 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PAUL...NEAR FOREST LAKE...TO SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
OSCEOLA
AMERY
SOMERSET
NEW RICHMOND
HUDSON
ROBERTS
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...
WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
TDKWhat 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, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
1038 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM LITCHFIELD MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER 5 SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD
0430 PM WILLMAR MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 KANDIYOHI
0434 PM GROVE CITY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER SOUTH OF GROVE CITY
REPORTED BY SEVERE WX
SPOTTER
0510 PM PAYNESVILLE MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER 10 SOUTH OF PAYNESVILLE
NEAR LAKE KORONIS
0510 PM PAYNESVILLE MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 STEARNS 5SE PAYNESVILLE
0537 PM LONG PRAIRIE MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 TODD
0705 PM MAPLE LAKE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 WRIGHT
0708 PM RAMSEY MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 ANOKA
0710 PM RAMSEY MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 ANOKA
0820 PM ST PAUL MN FLOODING
06/26/98 RAMSEY STREET FLOODING
0840 PM NEW PRAGUE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 LE SUEUR 70 MPH GUST
0905 PM ST PAUL MN 55 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/98 RAMSEY POWER LINES DOWN
0920 PM FARIBAULT MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 RICE 60 MPH WIND GUST
0925 PM FARIBAULT MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 RICE HAIL BROKE CAR WINDSHIELDS
0935 PM ALEXANDRIA MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 DOUGLAS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0952 PM HOLDINGFORD MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 STEARNS
1001 PM ALBANY MN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/98 STEARNSLocal storm report, Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
1038 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM LITCHFIELD MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER 5 SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD
0430 PM WILLMAR MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 KANDIYOHI
0434 PM GROVE CITY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER SOUTH OF GROVE CITY
REPORTED BY SEVERE WX
SPOTTER
0510 PM PAYNESVILLE MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 MEEKER 10 SOUTH OF PAYNESVILLE
NEAR LAKE KORONIS
0510 PM PAYNESVILLE MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 STEARNS 5SE PAYNESVILLE
0537 PM LONG PRAIRIE MN .5 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 TODD
0705 PM MAPLE LAKE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 WRIGHT
0708 PM RAMSEY MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 ANOKA
0710 PM RAMSEY MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 ANOKA
0820 PM ST PAUL MN FLOODING
06/26/98 RAMSEY STREET FLOODING
0840 PM NEW PRAGUE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 LE SUEUR 70 MPH GUST
0905 PM ST PAUL MN 55 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/98 RAMSEY POWER LINES DOWN
0920 PM FARIBAULT MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 RICE 60 MPH WIND GUST
0925 PM FARIBAULT MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 RICE HAIL BROKE CAR WINDSHIELDS
0935 PM ALEXANDRIA MN WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98 DOUGLAS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0952 PM HOLDINGFORD MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98 STEARNS
1001 PM ALBANY MN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/98 STEARNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pepin | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.