Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1990, 2:11 AM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 23, 1990, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:20 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Pierce, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 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 230712
SVRMSP
WIC093-109-230745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
211 AM CDT MON APR 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...PIERCE...NORTHEASTERN ST CROIX
AT 200 AM..WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING CLUSTERS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST
OF EAU CLAIRE OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM
BAY CITY TO HAGER CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS NEAR ELLSWORTH AND SPRING VALLEY OF PIERCE
COUNTY. LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE OTHER CLUTSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTH OF
BALDWIN ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
THIS CLUSTER WILL MOVE INTO THE DEER PARK AND GLENWOOD CITY OF
NORTHEAST ST CROIX COUNTY DUEING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. AGAIN LARGE
HAIL..AND BRIEF HEAVY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTROMS.
DOMBROWSKY
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. HkEAVY 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, Apr 22, 9:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 950 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 930 PM AND WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN HUTCHINSON AND REDWOOD FALLS NEAR THE TOWN OF HECTOR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS NEAR OLIVIA..HUTCHINSON..STEWART AND GLENCOE WILL BE EFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 1030 PM. ELSEWHERE..OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNSESOTA FROM NEAR MARSHALL TO WORTHINGTON. HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. < MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1055 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS WIDELY SCATTERED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AT 1045 PM..THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM NEAR SLAYTON TO JUST WEST OF WINDOM AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING AREAS SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM NEAR JEFFERS THROUGH 1130 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINDED FROM 50 TO 60 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON TO OLIVIA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS AREA OF THUNDER- STORMS HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT SINCE 1015 PM AND IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER WILL MOVE INTO AREAS FROM SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD TO GLENCOE BY 1130 PM. < ELSEWHERE..A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FURTHER NORTH NEAR WATKINS AND COLD SPRING OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1250 AM CDT MON APR 23 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SCATTERED PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN. AT 1245 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD IN THE BOWLUS AND ROYALTON AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR GRANITE FALLS AND SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. < FURTHER EAST..THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM ALONG THE ST CROIX RIVER NEAR TAYLORS FALLS MINNESOTA..SOUTH THROUGH ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD RED WING AND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN SHOWING AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAS T AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 12:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1250 AM CDT MON APR 23 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SCATTERED PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WERE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN. AT 1245 AM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN LITTLE FALLS AND ST CLOUD IN THE BOWLUS AND ROYALTON AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR GRANITE FALLS AND SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. < FURTHER EAST..THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM ALONG THE ST CROIX RIVER NEAR TAYLORS FALLS MINNESOTA..SOUTH THROUGH ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD RED WING AND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN SHOWING AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:50 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 145 AM CDT MON APR 23 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 140 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DANBURY WISCONSIN SOUTH THROUGH AMERY AND ELLSWORTH TO ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOWARD RED WING AND LAKE CITY TO ROCHESTER. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..ALSO DUE TO THE SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE LINE AT ONLY 10 MILES AN HOUR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTIKNUED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ST. CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS FROM NEAR FOLEY TO PIERZ. THIS ACTIVITY ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.