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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 1998Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1998, 3:07 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 30, 1998, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1998, 3:40 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1998-05-30Temperature 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 1998-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 601 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
601 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
806 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.

265 
WFUS1 KMSP 302010 RRA
TORMSP
WIC107-302040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
307 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 1998

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 340 PM CDT

* AT 308PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF
  LADYSMITH.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST RUSK COUNTY

IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING  AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD

CME


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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.