Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 15, 1998, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 1998, 5:45 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMSP 152148 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC009-025-059-095-WIC095-109-152245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
447 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 445 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS 20
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING.
  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 70 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    HUDSON
    AMERY
    BALSAM LAKE
    CENTER CITY
    CAMBRIDGE
    MILACA
    FOLEY

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

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

In the hours before

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-152100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998

...INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MINNESOTA TODAY...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THERE IS NOW A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON.  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE
RISK AREA ARE ST CLOUD...REDWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...
ALBERT LEA AND THE TWIN CITIES IN MINNESOTA AND RICE LAKE...MENOMONIE
AND EAU CLAIRE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS RACING ACROSS IOWA LATE THIS
MORNING AT SPEEDS APPROACHING 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PUSH
INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER NOON...THEN OVERSPREAD CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL COME IN THE FORM OF VERY
STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND EVEN A FEW
TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

STORM SPOTTER GROUP ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ACROSS PARTS
OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON.
 JUSKIE

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

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.