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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 18, 1998Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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
May 18, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1998, 10:40 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 9:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Goodhue, MNEstimated wind.
May 18, 9:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Goodhue, MNPower lines down. Estimated windspeed.
May 18, 9:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Cannon Falls, MNTrees blown down. 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1998-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3617 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 1998-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

190 
WUUS1 KMSP 190234 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC049-131-190335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
934 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
  RICE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1040 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
  FROM WEBSTER...40 MILES WEST OF RED WING TO NEAR ASPELUND...25
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    ZUMBROTA
    KENYON
    NORTHFIELD
    BRIDGEWATER

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine60 min
May 18, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod47 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley63 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver63 min
May 18, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright53 min
May 18, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod65 min
May 18, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod62 min
May 18, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington61 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns64 min
May 18, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker42 min
May 18, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Scott61 min
May 18, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver61 min
May 18, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet63 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns64 min
May 18, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet40 min
May 18, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.