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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 488

June 1, 199827 counties in Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 1998, 3:45 PM CDT for 27 counties in Minnesota; Burnett County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1998, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Clay County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Burnett County, WI

Warnings issued inside it

18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis63 min
Jun 1, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin32 min
Jun 1, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin43 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass65 min
Jun 1, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton61 min
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail30 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Crow Wing63 min
Jun 1, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis64 min
Jun 1, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail33 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWadena30 min
Jun 1, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton64 min
Jun 1, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard33 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing60 min
Jun 1, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd62 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin60 min
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd28 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena31 min
Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd59 min

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1998-06-01Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.