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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 9, 1990Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 9:31 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Clark 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, 9:35 PM CDTHail 2.75Clark, WI
Sep 9, 10:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Clark, 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1990-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1958 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1990-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 100232
SVRMKE
WIC019-100300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
931 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS EXTENDED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...CLARK
 
AT 930 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF
GREENWOOD ABOUT 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORM IS NOW
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CHRISTIE AND
NEILSVILLE AREAS.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL AND STORNG
WINDS.
 
 
 
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, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce47 min
Sep 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXClark34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.