Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1989, 3:47 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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
- May 30, 1989, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1989, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eau Claire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Eau Claire, 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 302049
SVRMSP
WIC035-302130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
347 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...EAU CLAIRE
AT 345 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF THE THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FALL CREEK AND L
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, May 30, 9:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 950 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 356 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA....WATONWAN..MARTIN..BLUE EARTH.. WASECA..AND FARIBAULT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 356 CONTINUES UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST OF ROCHESTER. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STIL~L EXISTS WITH THESE STORMS. BRANCH
Special weather statement, May 30, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1035 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA..AND EXTENDED INTO A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. ONE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL..NEAR THE MARION REST STOP ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 52. THIS HAIL OCCURRED AROUND 1025 AM CDT. THE GENERAL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 930 AM CDT. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO OWATONNA MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 30, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1035 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 1025 AM CDT..AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA..AND EXTENDED INTO A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. ONE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL..NEAR THE MARION REST STOP ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND HIGHWAY 52. THIS HAIL OCCURRED AROUND 1025 AM CDT. THE GENERAL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 930 AM CDT. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO OWATONNA MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 25 min |
| May 29, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 32 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.