Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1998, 10:20 PM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 6 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
- Sep 25, 1998, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1998, 11:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Sep 25, 10:46 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Sep 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Sep 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Long Prairie, MN | Many home and vehicle windows broken on the north side of the city. |
| Sep 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Grey Eagle, MN | 12 large trees blown down. Trailer homes damaged. Docks destroyed. |
| Sep 25, 11:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Grey Eagle, MN | Trees blown down. Several roofs blown off. 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
651
WUUS1 KMSP 260322 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC041-153-260425-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1020 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1125 PM CDT
* AT AT 1020 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH
LARGE HAIL NEAR CARLOS OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LONG PRAIRIE
OSAKIS
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SCOTTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 61 min |
| Sep 25, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 62 min |
| Sep 26, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 34 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.