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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 1998Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 7:07 PM CDT for Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 27, 1998, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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
Jun 27, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 1998-06-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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.

554 
WFUS1 KMSP 280006 RRA
TORMSP
MNC037-131-280055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
707 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RICE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 755 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
  NORTHEAST OF FARIBAULT.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    CANNON CITY
    DUNDAS
    NORTHFIELD
    WATERFORD
    RANDOLPH
    HAMPTON

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

NAISTAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue47 min
Jun 27, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota50 min
Jun 27, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope64 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.