Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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 7, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1988, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Croix, WI | |
| Aug 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pierce, WI | |
| Aug 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 080032
SVRMSP
WIC093-109-080115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
730 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...PIERCE...ST CROIX
AT 729 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WEST OF NEW RICHMOND TO NEAR HASTINGS ALONG THE ST CROIX RIVER WHICH
IS 25 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HAMMOND..WOODVILLE..
ELLSWORTH AND BAY CITY.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
RICHARDSONWhat 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 7, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
435 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360...POPE...SWIFT...SOUTHERN
CASS...AND TODD. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLLOWING PARTS
OF MINNESOTA...
NORTHCENTRAL.......SOUTHEAST ITASCA..
NORTHEAST..........SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS..LAKE..WESTERN COOK AND ADJACENT
WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR
WESTCENTRAL........CHIPPEWA..EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE..
CENTRAL............CROW WING...MORRISON..WRIGHT..
STEARNS..BENTON..SHERBURNE..KANDIYOHI..MEEKER..
RENVILLE..MCLEOD..SIBLEY
<
EAST CENTRAL...AITKIN...CARLTON...PINE...MILLE LACS...KANABEC...
ISANTI...CHISAGO..
<
TWIN CITIES METRO..ANOKA..HENNEPIN..CARVER..
SOUTHWEST..........LYON..REDWOOD..MURRAY..
NAISTATSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 455 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 9PM CDT... AT 445 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MILLE LACS LAKE SOUTHWEST TO ST CLOUD THEN TO LITCHFIELD IN MEEKER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA RADIO. RUBIN/FRASER
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 450 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 435 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL TO JUST WEST OF ANNANDALE TO NEAR AITKIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HILLMAN JUST WEST OF MILLELACS LAKE AND OVER LITCHFIELD. VERY HEAVY RAINS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS UP TO 55 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR DANUBE IN CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY AT 430 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE ON THE PRESENT COURSE AND SPEED THEY WILL BE AFFECTING THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM. IF THREATENING WETHER DEVELOPS BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. ALL BOATERS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. STANDFIELD
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 545 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 533 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM EAST CENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DULUTH TO HINCKLEY TO JUST WEST OF NEW ULM TO WORTHINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM COKATO THROUGH BUFFALO TO HINCKLEY. VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. STANDFIELD ALL BOATERS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD S)EEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. STANDFIELD
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 600 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REMOVED MOST OF THE COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY THE FOLLLOWING PARTS OF EASTCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... C9ENTRAL............WRIGHT..SHERBURNE..MCLEOD..SIBLEY. < EAST CENTRAL...PINE....KANABEC...ISANTI...CHISAGO TWIN CITIES METRO..ANOKA..HENNEPIN..CARVER.. BRANCH
Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN
610 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1988
...ATTN SELS...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FROM AUG 7 1988.
403 PM CDT WILLMAR MINNESOTA. LIGHTNING CAUSED LARGE PROPANE
GAS FIRE.
545 PM CDT WIND DAMAGE IN ELK RIVER MINNESOTA...SHERBURNE COUNTY.
35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD. LARGE TREES DOWN
CAUSING DAMAGE TO SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES. LARGDE SIGNS
ALSO DOWN. SHERIFFS OFFICE ESTIMATED WIND AT 60 MPH.
FRASER/RUBINNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.