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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 12, 1998Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1998, 5:02 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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
May 12, 1998, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Barron County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1998-05-12Temperature 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 1998-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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.

570 
WFUS1 KMSP 122203 RRA
TORMSP
WIC005-122230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1998

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR
  RICE LAKE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    RICE LAKE
    BRILL
    CAMPIA
    CANTON

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS

JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix34 min
May 12, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk36 min
May 12, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin35 min
May 12, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn32 min
May 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire18 min
May 12, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa46 min
May 12, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRusk30 min
May 12, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.