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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 28, 1998McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 1998, 10:48 PM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 28, 1998, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 1998, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 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.

358 
WUUS1 KMSP 290349 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC085-143-290430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES-CHANHASSEN MN
1048 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN MINNESOTA
     NORTHERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1048 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNTON...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENCOE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
     GAYLORD
     BROWNTON
     ARLINGTON

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood42 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.