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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 30, 1986Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1986, 7:52 AM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1986, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1986, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 8:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wabasha, MN

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1986-07-30Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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.

000 
TTAA00 KRST 301252
SVRRST
MNC157-109-169-301330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
752 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN WABASHA...EASTERN OLMSTED AND WINONA

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF EYOTA..PLAINVIEW..ST
CHARLES AND WINONA. AT 740 AM 68 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED BY
CIVIL DEFENSE IN TNE CITY OF ROCHESTER AND STRONG WINDS
WERE ALSO REPORTED IN PINE ISLAND NORTH OF ROCHESTER. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL
 ..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

 AMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine43 min
Jul 30, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBig Stone, Lac qui Parle60 min
Jul 30, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood56 min
Jul 30, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Swift38 min
Jul 30, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine38 min
Jul 30, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi45 min
Jul 30, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jul 30, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville26 min
Jul 30, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet46 min
Jul 30, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.