Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1988, 8:15 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 3, 1988, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1988, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dunn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dunn, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 3, 2:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 240 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FAILED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 230 PM... AT 238 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN POPE...DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN MORE NORTH INSTEAD OF EAST...THEREFORE THE THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THE ST CLOUD AREA DID NOT DEVELOPE AT THE ANTICIPATED TIME. NISTLER
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 745 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL HAS MOVED INTO PIERCE COUNTY IN WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF RED WING MINNESOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDEURSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTEND EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN THE AREA OF MENOMONIE. BRANCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 42 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.