Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1988, 7:02 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1988, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1988, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 160003
SVRMSP
MNC003-123-160100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
702 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...SOUTHERN ANOKA...RAMSEY
AT 659 PM HAIL THE SIZE OF WALNUTS WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE
CITY OF COON RAPIDS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. TWIN
CITIES WEATHER RADAR INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS MOUNDSVIEW AND FRIDLEY.
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.
PAULSONWhat 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, Jul 15, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL 520 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA... IN MINNESOTA...SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS BENTON...SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...AND INTO KANABEC COUNTIES. THIS IS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. SOME OF THE CITIES NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOLEY...MILACA...AND MORA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DANBURY WISCONSIN IN NORTHERN BURNETT COUNTY EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF IT APPROACHES YOU. BY 600 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS SHERBURNE AND ISANTI COUNTIES OF E&AST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 525 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 SHORTLY ATER 5:15 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER PORTIONS OF BENTON...SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WILL PRODUNCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. BRIEF SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FOLEY MINNESOTA IN BENTON COUNTY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. TRIPLET0T
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 525 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 SHORTLY ATER 5:15 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER PORTIONS OF BENTON...SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN4 REPORTED AT THIS TIME. BRIEF SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FOLEY MINNESOTA IN BENTON COUNTY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED THROUGH THAT AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. TRIPLETT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL 550 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA... IN MINNESOTA...SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACROSS EXTREMES SOUTHEAST BENTON AND SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES. THIS IS ABOUT 50BOUT MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ST. CLOUD. SOME OF THE CITIES NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRINCETON...GLENDORADO...AND SANTIAGO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLIDING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BY 615 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS ISANTI...SOUTHERN KANABEC...SHERBURN...AND NORTHENR WRIGHT OF OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...AND BRAHAM. IN WISCONSIN..B.VERY STORNG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL 550 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOMS EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA... IN MINNESOTA...SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST BENTON AND SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES. THIS IS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ST. CLOUD. SOME OF THE CITIES NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRINCETON...GLENDORADO...AND SANTIAGO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLIDING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BY 615 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS ISANTI...SOUTHERN KANABEC...SHERBURN...AND NORTHERN WRIGHT OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...AND BRAHAM. IN WISCONKSIN...VERY STORNG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL 650 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND CONTINUE STRONG ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS HENNEPIN...EXTENDING NORTHEAST ACROSS ANOKA AND CHISAGO COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 630 PM. THIS IS 20 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES NEAR THESE STORMS AT 645 PM ARE TAYLORS FALLS...ANOKA...AND PLYMOUTH. BY 730 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN HENNEPIN...ANOKA...AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE ABOUT 600 PM ...HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING RECENTLY. THEY DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA UNTIL 1000 PM. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...FROM NEAR BALSAM LAKE EASTWARD TO NEAR PARK FALLS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN RUSK COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THEIR AREA AFTER 700 PM. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF NEEDED. PAULSON
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.