Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 1990, 5:52 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 1990, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Aitkin 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 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 KDLH 132259 RRA
TORDLH
MNC001-132330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
552 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
...NORTHERN AITKIN
AT 545 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO WAS NEAR HILL CITY...
20 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND IS REPORTED TO HAVE
A TORNADO WITH IT NEAR SWATARA. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
RABEY AND JACOBSON.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
WESTERGARDWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 13, 1:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
125 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990
...ATTN SELS A DLH...
SEP 13 1990 TIMES CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
STORM REPORT FOR SEP 12 1990
9 20 PM.. PEA SIZE HAILh 2 WEST OF POPLAR DOUGLAS CTY WI
9 30 PM..PEA SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF SOLON SPRINGS WI DOUGLAS CTY WI
9 35 PM..GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LAKE NEBAGAMON OF NORTHEAST DOUGLAS
COUNTY WI (REPORTS FROM DNR RANGER)
..C.CHRISTENSON..Special weather statement, Sep 13, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 415 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 355 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ELY SOUTHWEST TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO 21/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BOATERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTlER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE AM/FM RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:03 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ007>9-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 500 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 5 00 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AT 4 45 PM ST LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFF IN VIRGINIA REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND PEA-SIZE HAIL IN HIBBING. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS LOCATED NEAR HOVLAND ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR BETWEEN GRAND MARAIS AND PORTAGE. PLEASE LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DFM
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 518 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 510 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS SOUTHWEST TO THE FARGO AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO 21/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BOATERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE AM/FM RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 518 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 510 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE ARROWHEAD SOUTHWEST TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS SOUTHWEST TO THE FARGO AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO 21/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BOATERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE AM/FM RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 545 PM CDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHERN BELTRAMI AND CLEARWATER COUNTIES EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN SHORES OF UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR FARGO. THEY ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVED OVER THIEF RIVER FALLS. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM THE ARROWHEAD SOUTHWEST TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WITHIN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL TO 21/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BOATERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE AM/FM RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. CARROLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Sep 13, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Crow Wing | 20 min |
| Sep 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 28 min |
| Sep 13, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.