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The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.
This tornado season got off to an accelerated start, with the cumulative number of storms thus far eclipsing storm counts in recent years — and the 15-year average.
Comfrey is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Brad Finstad, a Republican. At the state level, Comfrey is located in Senate districts 21 and 22, represented by Republicans Gary Dahms and Bill Weber (politician), and in House districts 21B and 22B, represented by Republicans Paul Torkelson and Rod Hamilton.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
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A National Weather Service survey team will fan out to three northern Minnesota counties — Aitkin, Crow Wing and Carlton — to check out damage and try to determine if any tornadoes touched down.
For portions of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, it was the second historic severe weather outbreak in three days, as it immediately followed the Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho on May 30–31, which spawned 41 tornadoes over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont, caused an estimated $83 million in damage, 109 injuries ...
DULUTH — A tornado watch was set for parts of central Minnesota from St. Cloud and Monticello to Brainerd and Cloquet until 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Duluth.