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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 9, 1990Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1990-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 100113
SVRMSP
WIC091-093-100200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
813 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...PEPIN...SOUTHERN PIERCE
 
AT 810 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD
DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN PIERCE COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAU
CLAIRE BETWEEN ESDAILE AND PLUM CITY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ESDAILE...BAY
CITY...PLUM CITY...MAIDEN ROCK...PORCUPINE...STOCKHOLM...PEPIN AND
DURAND.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin41 min
Sep 9, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa27 min
Sep 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXClark34 min
Sep 9, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXClark29 min
Sep 9, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXClark45 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.