Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1990, 6:17 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1990, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln 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
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KFSD 272320
SVRFSD
MNC081-272345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
617 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
...LINCOLN
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF LAKE BENTON AND MINNEOTA. AT 615 PM
CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BOTH THE NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY OF MINNESOTA
ABOUT 20 MILES EAST AND 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SD.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
WILLIAMSWhat 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, Jul 27, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SDZ012-018-020-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 445 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 AT 440 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BROOKINGS BETWEEN BRUCE AND WHITE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR YANKTON TO NEAR MITCHELL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BERG
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:24 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SDZ010-011-012-272315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 520 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT EASTERN KINGSBURY..HAMLIN.. DEUEL..AND BROOKINGS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 515 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST CLARK.. HAMLIN AND NORTHERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES HAD EXPIRED. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTH OF DE SMET. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 7 PM CDT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CENTRAL. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MID 70S TO LOWER 80S ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD WITH READING IN THE LOW 70S TO LOWER 80S THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:43 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SDZ005-011-012-018-272335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 540 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 530 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...IN THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SISSETON...50 MILES NORTH OF WATERTOWN...TO NEAR MADISON...WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SDZ012-018-020-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 545 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990 AT 540 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF BROOKINGS COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HUMBOLDT TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HAWARDEN IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BERG
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
600 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990
STORM DATA FOR FRI JUL 27TH
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
400 PM CDT CLARK COUNTY...HURON 35NE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...
WILLOW LAKE 6S CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTER
426 PM CDT KINGSBURY COUNTY...HURON 35E LARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS
DE SMET 6N CIVIL DEFENSE
END
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 40 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.