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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 1998Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 5:56 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 14 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 27, 1998, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 6:09 PM CDTHail 2.75Albert Lea, MN
Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 58Owatonna, MN
Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 54Owatonna Arpt, MNMobile home damaged.
Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Hartland, MNGrain bins blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61New Richland, MNTrees and power lines down on southwest side of city. Grain bin lost its top.
Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDTHail 0.75New Richland, MN
Jun 27, 6:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Emmons, MNBarns blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Waseca, MN
Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDTTornado F1Hayward, MNBarn destroyed. Large power poles knocked down.
Jun 27, 6:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Albert Lea, MNPortion of Ventura Foods roof destroyed. Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Jun 27, 6:35 PM CDTHail 3.25Albert Lea, MNConsiderable hail damage to county vehicles. Windows and skylights broken at county buildings and schools.
Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Ellendale, MNTrees and power lines down.
Jun 27, 6:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50(Ael)Albert Lea Arpt, MN
Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Newry, MNBarn blown down. Estimated windspeed.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 272256 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC047-147-161-280000-

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

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PAIR OF SEVERE
STORMS...ONE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA  AND ANOTHER 20
MILES WEST TO NORTHWEST OF   ALBERT LEA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    NEW RICHLAND
    ALBERT LEA
    CLARKS GROVE
    ELLENDALE
    OWATONNA
    BLOOMING PRAIRIE

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago51 min
Jun 26, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns66 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley62 min
Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott60 min
Jun 26, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright66 min
Jun 26, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley48 min
Jun 26, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Scott48 min
Jun 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs66 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington50 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey50 min
Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Sibley56 min
Jun 26, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns66 min
Jun 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott65 min
Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice34 min
Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine60 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens60 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift60 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine47 min
Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and 1 more3 hr
Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRamsey, Washington3 hr
Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns31 min
Jun 26, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice47 min
Jun 26, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Todd64 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue64 min
Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine46 min
Jun 26, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns42 min
Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa34 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville60 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker60 min
Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison64 min
Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice53 min
Jun 26, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue2 hr
Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright66 min
Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs66 min
Jun 26, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley56 min
Jun 26, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin65 min
Jun 26, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti65 min
Jun 26, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Renville35 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver49 min
Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue42 min
Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott54 min
Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington54 min
Jun 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey54 min
Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley30 min
Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Le Sueur, Rice58 min
Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice2 hr
Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Le Sueur, Scott2 hr
Jun 27, 12:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRamsey, Washington2 hr
Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin50 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan59 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault59 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood62 min
Jun 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin65 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault65 min
Jun 27, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Martin34 min
Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley65 min
Jun 27, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Waseca34 min
Jun 27, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley48 min
Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur48 min
Jun 27, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn33 min
Jun 27, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice54 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele29 min
Jun 27, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn33 min

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.