Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1990, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Koochiching 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KINL 260112
SVRINL
MNC007-071-260200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
805 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING...
AT 802 PM CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA.
NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTHHOME MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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.
GLIME
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 25, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 540 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... AT 525 PM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST TRAILL COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NEAR THE CITY OF HATTON OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HATTON AROUND 520 PM. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER EXTREME WESTERN POLK COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CROOKSTON OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR THE TOWN OF BRITTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH DAKOTA OVER SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF LIDGERWOOD BY 630 PM. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERERD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER A 60 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 630 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... AT 630 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE HIGH LANDING MINNESOTA AREA BY 730 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF BRECKENRIDGE MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA AREA BY 730 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONDINUED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ANDERSEN
Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
650 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990
TIME EVENT
520 PM CDT TRAILL COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED
MARBLE AND GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT
HATTON NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST TRAILL COUNTY.
602 PM CDT HANKINSON NORTH DAKOTA...RICHLAND COUNTY REPORTED PEA
TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
638 PM CDT CITY OF RED LAKE FALLS MINNESOTA POLICE...RED LAKE COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
ANDERSENSpecial weather statement, Aug 25, 7:42 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
730 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER OTTER TAIL COUNTY OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AT 730 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
FERGUS FALLS MINNESOTA IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE
BATTLE LAKE AND OTTER TAIL MINNESOTA AREAS BY 830 PM CDT. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS.
ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE LOWER RED LAKE IN
BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER
RED LAKE AREAS BY 830 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE
SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSED OVER OKLEE MINNESOTA IN RED LAKE COUNTY.
OTHER RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40
MILES AN HOUR.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO CSEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN
]Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 1990
TIME EVENT
705 PM CDT MINNESOTA STATE RADIO REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL
HAIL COVERING THE GROUNGD IN OKLEE MINNESOTA...RED LAKE
COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINESOTA.
ANDERSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Koochiching | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.