Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 5, 1999, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1999, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

617 
WUUS1 KMSP 060024 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC043-091-060115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
722 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS.  THEY EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH...
  TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMONT.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
  TO NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WINNEBAGO
  DELAVAN
  BLUE EARTH
  FAIRMONT
  KIESTER

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 1999

THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. 18Z SOUNDING FM MPX SHOWED A VERY IMPRESSIVE TEMP
PROFILE WITH CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWED
SEVERAL FEEDER BANDS OF CUMULUS OVR SOUTHERN HALF OF MN. LATEST SATL
IMAGERY SHOWED RAPID DEVELOPMENT OVR EAST CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST
MN.  SIGNIFICANT TSTM DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURRING OVR SE SOUTH DAKOTA
INTO SOUTHWEST MN.  THIS IS MAIN FOCUS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND
SUPERCELLS.  SFC LOW OVR NEBRASKA MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DURING THE PERIOD.  FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH CWA
UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  WL KEEP POPS GOING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST.  LEAVE A SMALL POP IN FOR
MONDAY OVER WISCONSIN CWA.  EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER
ON SUNDAY.  WL BOOST TEMPS UP A BIT ON SUNDAY.  WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS
AHEAD OF FRONT SHOULD WARM TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
80S.

.MSP...NONE.
JVM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.