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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 14, 1998McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 1998, 3:53 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 14, 1998, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 1998-10-14Temperature 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 1998-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 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.

703 
WUUS1 KMSP 142055 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC085-202130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 PM CDT WED OCT 14 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 353 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL MIDWAY BETWEEN GIBBON AND STEWART...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
  TO  SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON..  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH..

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    STEWART
    BROWNTON
    FERNANDO
    SUMTER

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL.  STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown25 min
Oct 14, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin28 min
Oct 14, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown33 min
Oct 14, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley32 min
Oct 14, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod41 min
Oct 14, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin49 min
Oct 14, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley41 min
Oct 14, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan61 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.