Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 12:34 AM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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 27, 1998, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
741
WUUS1 KMSP 270533 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC033-091-270630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1231 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVER FALLS...TO RED WING. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MENOMONIE
DOWNSVILLS
ROCK FALLS
DURAND
ARKANSAW
STOCKHOLM AND PEPIN
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. 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 56 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 56 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 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.