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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 1988Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1988, 7:01 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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: Jun 19, 1988, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dunn County, WI, 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 19, 7:15 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Pierce, WI
Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 69	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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 200001
TORMSP
WIC033-093-109-200030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
701 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...SOUTHERN DUNN...NORTHEASTERN PIERCE
          ...SOUTHEASTERN ST CROIX
 
AT 655 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THRU
CENTRAL ST CROIX COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED MARBLE TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ST CROIX COUNTY WISCONSIN. A POSSIBLE
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR WOODVILLE WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF BALDWIN IN CENTRAL ST CROIX COUNTY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE SPRING VALLEY IN NORTHEAST PIERCE COUNTY. AND THE CITIES
OF KNAPP AND WESTON IN DUNN COUNTY WISCONSIN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.