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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 1990Winona County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1990, 6:22 AM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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
Aug 26, 1990, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1990, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Winona County, MN

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 6:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Winona, MN

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3299 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRST 261122
SVRRST
MNC169-261215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
622 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MINNESOTA
      WINONA

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF ALTURA...MINNESOTA CITY...UTICA..
AND WINONA.

AT 605 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED EAST OF ROCHESTER
NEAR ALTURA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD MINNESOTA
CITY...UTICA...AND WINONA.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AS
IT MOVED THROUGH THE EAST PART OF OLMSTED COUNTY TOWARD WINONA
COUNTY.  MANY TREES LIMBS AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED BLOWN
DOWN.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

SWENSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd55 min
Aug 25, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison53 min
Aug 25, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope38 min
Aug 26, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns55 min
Aug 26, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd54 min
Aug 26, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton38 min
Aug 26, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Sherburne64 min
Aug 26, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin54 min
Aug 26, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXOlmsted, Wabasha63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.