Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1987, 6:07 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 28, 1987, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Pierce, WI |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 282307 SVRMSP WIC109-093-290000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 607 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ST CROIX AND PIERCE AT 535 PM HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED FROM RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS EXITING EASTERN MINNESOTA AND ENTERING WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE STORMS WILL PASS THE CITIES OF HUDSON..RIVER FALLS AND ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN..30 TO 35 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPAbRED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED. RNS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN 320 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 310 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT DAWSON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR...AT 300 PM CDT BY THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN 400 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 355 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AT 328 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTH 0F CLARKFIELD IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR. PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED AT PRINSBURG IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR...AT 333 PM CDT. RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. RUBIN/FRASER
Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:23 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD, MN
520 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987
...ATTN CELS...
STORM REPORT FOR SUN JUN 28 1987
TIME EVENT LOCATION
300 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AT DAWSON IN LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY...50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
328 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTH OF
CLARKFIELD IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
333 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AT PRINSBURG IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
424 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR MADISON IN LAC QUI
COUNTY...55 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR AND
A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CANBY AND NEAR ST. LEO BOTH
IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...45 TO 55 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS.
434 PM CDT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND TO 50 MILE AN HOUR
AT BIG LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY...27 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ST. CLOUD.
435 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH BRIEF TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF
ST. LEO IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...45 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TREES DOWN AND BUILDING
DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES.
445 PN CDT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT GREENLAKE IN
MEEKER COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD.
455 PM CDT TREE DAMAGE AND BUILDING DAMAGE WITH 50 MPH WIND AT
ELK RIVER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ST. CLOUD. ALSO PEAS SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
6 RAIN.
FRASERNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.