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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 9, 1990Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 6:53 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 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
Sep 9, 1990, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 7:28 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Pierce, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 1990-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 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 12:00Z on 1990-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-590 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 092354
SVRMSP
WIC033-091-093-109-100100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
653 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...SOUTHERN DUNN...PEPIN...EASTERN PIERCE
          ...EASTERN ST CROIX
 
AT 650 PM...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 35
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL NEAR CYLON...EXTENDING SOUTH
TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL EAST OF ELLSWORTH. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE GLENWOOD CITY...SPRING VALLEY...PLUM CITY...DURAND
AND CONNERSVILLE.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
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.
NAISTAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix56 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pierce, Saint Croix62 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin62 min
Sep 9, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce37 min
Sep 9, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix67 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.