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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 1998Dakota County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1998, 7:59 PM CDT for Dakota County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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
Aug 9, 1998, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1998, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dakota County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2260 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

168 
WUUS1 KMSP 100101 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC037-123-100205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 905 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE STORM
  WITH LARGE HAIL IN ST. PAUL.  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.  DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF ST. PAUL AT 755
  PM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    ST. PAUL
    MENDOTA HEIGHTS
    EAGAN
    INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
    APPLE VALLEY
    ROSEMOUNT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


MBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin61 min
Aug 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott60 min

Nearby

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

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.