Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 27, 1998, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KMSP 272131 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC013-043-165-272230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
431 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT ...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE STORMS FROM
  FAIRMONT TO 10 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN FAIRMONT AT 420 PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    ST JAMES
    VERNON CENTxER
    WINNEBAGO
    BLUE EARTH
    BRICELYN

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
TDK


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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.