Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1988, 7:12 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 14, 1988, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1988, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wabasha, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KRST 150013
SVRRST
MNC109-157-150045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
712 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
...NORTHERN OLMSTED...WESTERN WABASHA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF ZUMBRO FALLS..23 MILES NORTH
OF ROCHESTER, MN.
PUBLIC REPORTS ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL SOUTHWEST OF PINE ISLAND
MN..14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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 14, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT.... AT 430 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STILLWATER 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES AND NORTHWEST OF OWATONNA AND SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN EXPECTED WITH STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTEREaD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. STANDFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 545 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT.... AT 526 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICE LAKE NEAR SPOONER IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...SOUTH OF HASTINGS...NEAR KENYON AND OVER OWATONNA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORMS BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MANKATO TO AITKIN AND OVER INTO WISCONSIN TO NEAR HAYWARD.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
550 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1988
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 223 CONTINUES FOR A SMALL PART OF THE
MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH MINNESOTA HAS ENDED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA. AREAS WHICH
ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...
MANKATO...AND DULUTH.
THE COUNTIES STILL INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
9 PM CDT ARE:
SOUTH CENTRAL......RICE..WASECA..STEELE..FARIBAULT..FREEBORN
SOUTHEAST..........GOODHUE..WABASHA..DODGE..OLMSTEAD..WINONA..MOWER..
FILLMORE..HOUSTON
BRANCHSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 223 CONTINUES FOR A SMALL PART OF THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 626 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM ASHLAND IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE TO EAST OF ROCHESTER TO OWATONNA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER OWATONNA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR MONDOVI IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 25 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.